Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Sighting, Rare on Vancouver Island

This is one of just a small number of Blue Jay sightings recorded on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Brian Starzomski tweeted:

Just saw a Blue Jay on @uvic campus- super rare here, but awfully nice to see and hear for this original east coast-er. Behold my horrible pic! https://t.co/zAcjEKaa01 pic.twitter.com/mfzVE0F3bC

— Brian Starzomski (@BStarzomski) November 1, 2019

Tom Okey wrote:

Professor Starzomski Tweeted that the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is "super rare here." Indeed, this may be the only C. cristata individual sighted on Vancouver Island that has been recorded on iNaturalist. The two other recorded iNat sightings of a Blue Jay on Vancouver Island were also on the UVic campus within four days after the present observation, including one of a Blue Jay eating Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) acorns by Professor Starzomski on 4 November. A small number of Blue Jay sightings on Vancouver Island have been recorded on the eBird database.