Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) - Oscar Scherer State Park, Venice, Florida
As I continue to plan for my upcoming trip to Florida in January and February, I am spending time going back through my files and finding gaps that need filled. The only endemic bird to Florida is the Florida Scrub Jay and I only have a few photos of this cool bird. This species is found in the few remaining patches of scrub in the central portion of the peninsula. I have grown up seeing them in a number of occasions but only photographing them on a handful of occasions. I dedicated some time to photographing one social group at Oscar Scherer State Park a while back and got some great images. Now I plan to return to a few other locations and supplement these photographs with images of the bird’s habitat as well as some video and audio recordings of these incredible birds.
