<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aphelocoma_californica" title="Aphelocoma californica">Aphelocoma californica</a></i>. This bird allowed me to approach closely for this portrait.  They are found all along the coast of California and several of the southwestern states and Mexico.  A Bold and Bossy Bird.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/15323831@N05">Linda Tanner</a> from Los Osos, California, U.S.A.
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