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A blue-colored jay
There are no Blue Jays west of the Rockies. According to Jennifer, my ornithologist friend, those noisy birds I’ve always called Bluejay are probably Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), or their smaller, crestless cousin the Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens). Hard to stop calling them Blue Jay’s , though.
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A Deer Story
On December 18, the Blunts Reef buoy off Cape Mendocino was registering 8 feet of swell every 17 seconds, with light East winds. I hiked out down the coast at dawn with Spencer and Rudy, my dog. We were trying to surf one of the more remote reefs around that I’d only experienced on a few smaller days.
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