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观察细节

Heard scratchy calling from the scrub within 30 yards of the Loggerhead Shrike perch. We had walked north and then returned that way. At that point there is a sandy trail that intersections with paved Legacy Trail. Walked about 50 yards along the the trail to get closer to the jay-sized and shaped bird. It was a Scrub-Jay perched on some palmetto. It continued to call and also flicked its tail upward. Then it dropped into the scrub for a minute and eventually popped back up. I was able to observe it for approximately two minutes. This individual was pearl gray on its breast and abdomen Head, wings and tail were a cerulean blue, maybe, lighter blue than our Blue Jays in Rochester, New York. No crest like a Blue Jay. Got a Merlin recording. We’ll have to see how it turns out.