California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
Been seeing this fella for a while in our front yard. Fast and hard to pin down for a photo.
Part of the Corvid family and smart as hell. They bury thousands of acorns every fall and remember most of them. The ones they forget become trees.
Nikon Z8 · 180-600mm @ 600mm · 1/1250 · f/7.1 · ISO 1800
Oregon City