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Mexican Jay - Texas
[Aphelocoma wollweberi couchii]
[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 19.5 in.]
A speciality breeding bird of southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and Big Bend National Park in Texas, the Mexican Jay resembles the much more widespread Western Scrub-Jay.
It lacks the white eyebrow and throat patch of the Scrub-Jay.
This "Texas" Mexican Jay was photographed along the Boot Springs trail in Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA.
Photo taken with a 300 f4 Nikkor EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film.
(Date: May 1993)
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