[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This "Central Texas" Western Scrub-Jay was photographed at Kerr WMA, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: December 2001)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This "Pacific" Western Scrub-Jay was photographed at Monterey, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1981)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This "Pacific" Western Scrub-Jay was photographed in a coastal woodland near Morro Bay, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: November 1997)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This "Southwestern" Western Scrub-Jay was photographed in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1993)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This "Rocky Mountain" Western Scrub-Jay was photographed at Spring Canyon, Garden of the Gods Park, Colorado Springs, CO. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2009)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 15.5 in.]

This "Rocky Mountain" Western Scrub-Jay stretching its wing was photographed at Spring Canyon, Garden of the Gods Park, Colorado Springs, CO. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2009)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

Black-billed Magpies occur throughout the Great Plains and foothills of the western US, Canada, and southern Alaska. This one was photographed atop a Spruce tree in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)

[Length 18 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Black-billed Magpie was photographed in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1989)