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Flying Smurf Mexican Blue Jay that I shot [with lots of patience and luck] in the Ecological Park of Chipinque, near Monterrey, Mexico. Aphelocoma wollweberi,Birds,Blue Jay,Mexican Jay,Mexico,bird Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Flying Smurf

Mexican Blue Jay that I shot [with lots of patience and luck] in the Ecological Park of Chipinque, near Monterrey, Mexico.

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  1. Excellent job on introducing this specie to the site! Posted 12 years ago
    1. Thank you so much! =D I'm glad I did, who knew no one had posted a photo of this bird. It's quite elusive, it took me quite a while but I managed to shoot it 3 times. Posted 12 years ago
      1. We're currently at 1600 species, plenty of opportunity to add new ones :) Posted 12 years ago
  2. Wonderful bird :) Never seen that one before I saw your picture. Posted 12 years ago
    1. Thanks! Neither have I until I shot it =P I thought I was lucky to see it. Posted 12 years ago

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The Mexican Jay formerly known as the Gray-breasted Jay, is a New World jay native to the Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, and Central Plateau of Mexico. It reaches north to eastern Arizona, western New Mexico and western Texas in the United States. Its preferred habitat is montane pine-oak forest.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ragisha Kottamal
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Uploaded Oct 31, 2012.