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posted by: Marcy Gruenhut (contributor & volunteer)

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posted by: Marcy Gruenhut (contributor & volunteer)

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Marcy Gruenhut {studies western scrub jays}

The " Western Scrub Jay " (Aphelocoma californica) === the wiley, year-round, blue-and-gray jay (beautiful white bib, no crest) of the western United States & central Mexico. He/She prefers the drier, low elevation, scrub and open woodland habitats to the montane forests of the crested Steller's Jay.

Like other jays, this bird is social, bold, quick to adapt to living with humans in urban and suburban environments. It is noted for its ability to hide and relocate acorns plus other varied foods. The Western Scrub-Jay's common call is a raucous series of "zreep" notes; fortunately, the Jay reserves a softer, more musical repertoire ("whisper song") for private moments courting its mate.

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WESTERN SCRUB JAYS artfully think ahead

Animal Behaviour: Planning for breakfast

Sara J. Shettleworth1

Abstract

It is commonly believed that planning for the future is a skill unique to humans. Could other animals -- even those as evolutionarily distant as the western scrub jay -- share this skill with us?

Can it ever be said that animals plan ahead? Animals do show behavior that prepares them for the future.....

Sara J. Shettleworth is in the Departments of Psychology and of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G3, Canada.

source:

Nature 445, 825-826 (22 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445825a; Published online

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* See picture=> an ever-resourceful, keen, and providently earnest Western Scrub Jay tucks away an abundant & varied supply of acorns, seeds, & other sustenance within his/her local habitat.