| Appearance | 11-12″ large bird, light blue and gray, white throat, gray belly separated by an indistinct, angled stripe of bright blue on chest, and long wide tail. Female are similar. |
| Diet | Insects, fruit, nuts, seeds, lizards and nestling birds, sometimes finding nests. |
| Feeder Food | Whole peanuts, sunflower seeds. |
| Habitat | Pinyon pine habitats, dry shrublands of Nevada on south, suburbs and parks. |
| Nesting | Basket shaped nest of twigs and plant in pinyon pine or shrub between 6-14′ up. 1-5 eggs, eggs .9-1.3″ long, pale green blotched with olive, or pale gray spotted with brown. Incubation 17-19 days and long fledge 17-19 days. |
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