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California Jay

Trade Card Illustration for Arm and Hammer Baking Soda; Illustration by M E Eaton
The California Jay is without the showy crest that adds so much to the appearance of the Blue Jay and so many others. While this species is confined to the Pacific coast, it has very near relatives in other parts of the West. It is a noisy bird with a great variety of notes, and these have gained for it in some localities the of 'blue squawker.' Its diet is very varied, birds eggs, insects, acorns, pine nuts, wild fruits, berries, and grain. The nest, like that of other Jays, is made of twigs, grass, and moss, lined with fine rootlets, and is placed in bushes or trees rarely more than thirty feet up. The eggs, three to six in number, are buffy or greenish, spotted with brown.

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