ML625360578
Contributor
Joseph Morlan Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Tijuana River Valley--Bird & Butterfly Garden (Myers Ranch)
San Diego, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Not native, but presumed escapees from the pet trade in nearby Tijuana. However they have nested here but the overall population is considered too small to be self-sustaining at this time. These large spectacular Mexican corvids are famous for intraspecific brood parasitism. Females from prior generations help at the nest. These young females mate with floater males and deposit their eggs into the nest of the dominate female. Sometimes lumped with the White-throated Magpie-Jay of Middle America. Formerly placed in the genus "Calocitta."
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/400 sec
- Dimensions
- 1024 pixels x 922 pixels
- Original file size
- 350.42 KB