Valentine’s Day has come and gone again…the day set aside for showering that special someone in your life with love, gifts, affection and maybe even an engagement ring. The first step in making the ultimate promise to spend the rest of your life with the person you love or “until death do us part” as… [read more]
Scrub Jay: that’s not a blue jay
“Oh look, a Blue Jay!” If you made that exclamation in the South Bay, then it’s not a Blue Jay…it’s a Scrub Jay, more specifically the Western Scrub Jay or Aphelocoma californica. Blue Jays and Scrub Jays are members of the family Corvidae, the scientific name for the closely related group of birds that includes… [read more]