The California Scrub Jay can be found from Washington State to Baja California. These birds are common to dry shrublands, oak woodlands, and backyards of the Pacific Coastal states. They are beautiful in their colors of radiant blue, white and reddish gray.

A 'Cool Fact' from All About Birds http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Scrub-Jay/overview):

"Look closely, and you'll see an intriguing difference between the California Scrub-Jay and its close relative, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay. The bill of a California Scrub-Jay is stout and hooked, giving it extra power and grip as the birds hammer open acorns in their oak woodland habitats. By comparison, Woodhouse's have thinner, more pointed bills that nimbly reach deep into pinyon pine cones to pull out the pine nuts inside."