How pretty! He looks like a darker blue version of the bluejay we have around here. :)

The Scrub Jays here get two but lose them trying to pick up a third. They go bury them and are right back for more. dklucius I don't think there are many Blue Jays west of the Rockies. You might have to go over Wolf Creek Pass to the Eastern Slope to find them. I know we never see them in California. I also see Scrub Jays and Steller's Jays. I wish the Scrub Jays would find a better home somewhere. They keep all the smaller birds out of my small backyard and garden.

Very cool bird, and I sure hope to be able to lay my eyes on one of them some day!

best story? parents lived in Hollywood apt with a small balcony...neighbors around the other side of the apt building put out whole peanuts.(in shell) the enterprising jay would fly around to my parents and bury the nuts in a planter they had...my father loved to leave the slider open as well as the screen...3 stories up you don't worry...well that was the day the jay started to check out the apt and scared my mom who had just gotten out of the shower and only in a towel when they met!! don't know who was more scared! needless to say that was the last time the screen was left open... bet our late staying jays and robins are gone today, lol...had a dusting of snow in metro Detroit earlier...