Steller's Jay
| Cyanocitta stelleri | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) |
Cyanocitta stelleri
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies)
This handsome Western bird is quieter and more secretive than the Blue Jay, perhaps because it requires more meat in its diet. Some specimens were collected on an Alaskan island in 1741 by Georg Steller, a naturalist on a Russian explorer’s ship. The species was named for him in 1788, along with Steller’s sea lion and Steller’s Sea-Eagle.
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Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Alaska, Part 9: Birding Our Way to Seward 2022
- Visiting Michael Conway Baker! 2014
- Marbled Murrelet: A "Retched" Solution for Protecting a Species 2013
- Steller's Jay 2012
- National Blue Jay Awareness Month 2012
- Allison Carrico's Hummingbird Story 2003
- Green Jay 2002
- Steller and His Jay 2001
- Alaska Chickadees with Deformed Bills 2001
- Sixteen Years 1999
- Provincial Birds 1999
- Why do birds have crests? And Baker's Blue Jay Hot Cereal 1990