Strategies found for protecting island scrub jays from West Nile virus
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 - 08:22
in Biology & Nature
In Channel Islands National Park off the coast of California lives the island scrub jay, a vivid blue and gray songbird with a species population of around 1,700. The rare species makes its home exclusively on Santa Cruz Island, about 18 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara in a lush nature preserve of oak woodland and chaparral vegetation.