What does SCJA stand for?

The Kern River, which flows through Bakersfield, remained mostly dry during spring and summer; key bird species decreased in abundance because of the drought (overall catch of free-ranging birds in 2007 was 31% of catch at the same traps during 2006) and the previous negative effect of WNV infection; and surviving birds in key species had high herd immunity to WNV (house finch WNV seroprevalence = 22%, n = 182; western scrub jay = 44%, n = 27) acquired during previous seasons.

Look in scrub trees for red-eyed vireos, common yellowthroats, varied thrushes and American goldfinches spring-summer, plus western scrub jays and Townsend's solitaires spring-fall.

Birds don't make waffles, but the results of new research suggest that western scrub jays do a bird version of thinking for their morning meals.

Among western scrub jays, certain birds are ranked higher than others.

To test for time traveling into the past, Clayton and her colleagues had Western scrub jays cache mouth-watering wax worms and ho-hum nuts in trays of sand (SN: 9/12/98, p.

Also spied were plenty of Anna's hummingbirds, California and spotted towhees, yellow-rumped warblers, American robins, red-tailed hawks, mourning doves, western scrub jays and purple finches.

The less common western scrub jay, noted for its light-blue color and grayish-white breast, is found over most of the western U.