The scrub jay was listed as a Threatened species by the federal Endangered Species Act in 1987, and over the next decade Florida birders, environmentalists, ...

Florida scrub-jays are now nesting one week earlier than they did in 1981, according to a study published recently in the journal Ornithological Advances.While longer breeding times typically lead ...

Florida Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, February 2017. By Kirsty Nadine via iStock for WMNF News. Several environmental groups have ...

The Florida Scrub-Jay Trail is free and open to the public Saturday through Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about the trail and gardens, visit the Florida Scrub-Jay Trail website.

The Florida scrub jay is in the same family as the blue jay, so it makes sense that they look rather similar. As with the California scrub, this bird is again a similar length and coloring to the ...

Florida scrub jays nurture Florida’s unique elfin oak forests –– each adult burying 6,500-8,000 acorns a year –– coaxing life from all-but-sterile soils.

Florida scrub-jays are blue and gray birds that prefer sand pine, oak scrub and scrubby flatwoods and they live in the driest areas, "including ancient sandy ridges in Central Florida, sand dunes ...

The Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is one of the species of scrub jay native to North America. It is the only species of bird endemic to the U.S. state of Florida and one of only 15 ...

Efforts to make the Scrub-Jay Florida’s state bird have been on-going since the 90s but have historically met a powerful foe in former National Rifle Association President Marion Hammer.

Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Scott Maxwell [ Provided ] Of course they should ...

NORTH PORT – The Environmental Conservancy of North Port is seeking to raise $15,500 by May 31 to purchase a quarter-acre lot in an active Florida Scrub-jay zone off of Armour Terrace in the city.