Well Dan, it doesn't sound like you got quite as close to this Jay as you did the Florida Scrub! I know Don & I will never forget my lifer Scrub Jay as it perched on your cap & pecked the button! Dave/Breaks ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Kendrick To: buchanan county bird club Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 7:37 PM Subject: [bcbirdclub] life bird (s) Still out in Southern Utah. Took a hike to a National Conservation Area, Beaver Dam Wash. As I climbed this very steep grade I was fortunate to see 4 Mountain Bluebirds. While they weren't life birds, I'd only seen them twice before. I trudged up the hill another 100 yds and hearing this racket, I spotted a couple of Pinyon Jays, my life bird find. In a few minutes I counted 17 Jays as they flew overhead. I persuaded them a bit closer with my IPhone Ap. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera. Maybe better luck next time. Dan Kendrick