Cyanocitta stelleri 
            
               (L 11.5" WS 19" WT 3.7 oz) 
          
         
            
               Mount Rainier
            
               Washington
            
               26,27Jul2017
          
         
            
               Primarily lives in coniferous forests
               ...diet is about two-thirds plant
               matter and one third animal matter.
          
         
            
               © Tayler
               Brooks
            
               xeno-canto
          
         
         
         
            
               Cyanocitta in Greek
               means dark blue.
          
         
            
               Stellar’s Jay 
            
               Blue Jay brother 
            
               Singing to the mountain 
            
               On his knobby tree 
            
               White water rushing 
            
               Blue Jay brother 
            
               Looking,  Staring
            
               Watching! 
            
               Jay’s spiky styled Mohawk 
            
               Bowing to 
            
               Spring morning sky 
            
               Stellar beak 
            
               Singing to the mountain 
               (Isabel, Grade 3)