. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The California Jays Although such an industrious creature when he, or she, isn't "settin' ", the jay's flight is slow and labored. Extensive flights are never undertaken, and it would probably be im- possible for a Cali- fornia Jay to fly from the mainland to the Farallones, for ex- ample. The time of year or the nature of the season has a good deal to do with the jay's activities, and especially with the publicity thereof. As the time of
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The California Jays Although such an industrious creature when he, or she, isn't "settin' ", the jay's flight is slow and labored. Extensive flights are never undertaken, and it would probably be im- possible for a Cali- fornia Jay to fly from the mainland to the Farallones, for ex- ample. The time of year or the nature of the season has a good deal to do with the jay's activities, and especially with the publicity thereof. As the time of its own nesting approaches, the jay falls silent, and the adroitness with which this bird will let himself be for- gotten, is truly amaz- ing. The birds may be nesting in your own front yard; and now that you think of it, you do recall having seen the male bird pottering about on two or three occasions. But as for the California Jay of fame, he is dead. But when the birds have got by with it, when the youngsters, fullfledged, have joined the piratical push, and especially after the mid-summer molting season, then look out for noise! Caution is thrown to the winds, and the world becomes a vast screeching-ground, made only for jays to practice in. The "Blue Jay," too, is a faithful chronicler of wet and dry. When the face of nature has become parched, when great heat fissures appear in the dobe soil, and when the cattle are quarreling feebly for a little wisp of last year's straw, the jay, too, falls silent. Dust is a poor lubricant for even raucous throats, and what villain could exult in such universal drought? 49. Taken in San Luis Obispo County Photo by the Author JAY COUNTRY THE "DIGGER" PINE IS A CHARACTERISTIC TREE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COASTAL RANGES. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the
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