scrub-jay

The island scrub-jay may be the new poster child for this challenge.

Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011

The island scrub-jay may be the new poster child for this challenge.

Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011

What's interesting about the case of the island scrub-jay is that while the bird appears to be doing fine right now, science tells us that there are problems on its horizon.

Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011

What's interesting about the case of the island scrub-jay is that while the bird appears to be doing fine right now, science tells us that there are problems on its horizon.

Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate? Mike Sweeney 2011

For instance, a test run on the Western scrub-jay, a bird that naturally caches food for later consumption, has shown what in humans would be called willpower.

INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

Surprisingly, the most convincing examples of future planning are not derived from our closest relatives, the apes, but from a bird, the Western scrub-jay.

The Penguin and Daniel Webster 2007

For instance, a test run on the Western scrub-jay, a bird that naturally caches food for later consumption, has shown what in humans would be called willpower.

INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

Moyer et al. (2002) then noted that bill shape had an effect on parasite loads even within a single species: the Western scrub-jay Aphelocoma californica.

The war on parasites: a pigeon’s eye view Darren Naish 2006

Pretty compelling stuff [the scrub-jay photo used here is from TexasPhotoArchives].

The war on parasites: a pigeon’s eye view Darren Naish 2006

Moyer et al. (2002) then noted that bill shape had an effect on parasite loads even within a single species: the Western scrub-jay Aphelocoma californica.

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006