July 13, 2022

(continued from yesterday)

I am a baby Florida Scrub-Jay

But now I've got lovely jewelry

When I got it, I pooped on a volunteer's pants

I was tired of bird-banding tomfoolery.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: To see an example of research made possible by having banded birds, see: Mumme, Ronald L., Reed Bowman, M. Shane Pruett, and John W. Fitzpatrick. “Natal Territory Size, Group Size, and Body Mass Affect Lifetime Fitness in the Cooperatively Breeding Florida Scrub-Jay.” The Auk 132, no. 3 (2015): 634–46. http://www.jstor.org/stable/90009076.

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson