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Western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica), Zion National Park, 2015.
Like many other corvids, the scrub jay relies on highly accurate and complex memories to recover the hidden caches of food they store within their territories. During this collection and storing process, they have shown an ability to plan ahead in choosing cache sites to provide adequate food storage volume and variety for the future. They even implement strategies to reduce theft of their own food stores. These mischievous birds are not above outright theft of other bird's stores, though. You might also see a scrub jay standing on the back of a mule deer. it is picking off and eating parasites from the deer. Often, the deer will stand still and hold up its ears to give jays access to their parasites!
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Zion National Park, Code: ZION
20150305
03/05/2015
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Organization: Zion National Park
Address: Zion National Park, Springdale, UT 84767-1099
Address: Zion National Park, Springdale, UT 84767-1099
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