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From: T.G. Miko <tgmiko...>
Sent: Saturday, 19 September 2026 13:36:59
To: Loretta Selinger <Loretta...>
Cc: LACoBirds <LACoBirds...>
Subject: Re: [LACoBirds] Pinyon jays
Hi Loretta,
Hopefully Kimball will correct or amend what I am going to say: any place with a lot of pines—probably—but not certainly with Jeffrey Pines. I know that sounds vague and useless. Lightning may strike twice. I think someone had Pinyon Jays again at Chilao, after a bunch of us didn’t have any last Sunday. Were the most recent Chilao Pinyon Jays the same birds, or a new set?
Table Mountain Frisbee Golf Course had some the other day. Where ever you go, I think the real trick is to be there early in the morning, know what Pinyon Jays sound like, and have Merlin running on your phone, in your pocket.
I would expect that if someone went (in the morning!) up to the end of Highway 39, where it ends (in the morning!) and hung out at Crystal Lake Compground they would have them there. While there, you will have other mountain birds like Townsend’s Solitaires pretending to be dull Western Bluebirds, all three Nuthatch species, etc.
Thomas Geza Miko
Claremont CA 91711
909.241.3300
On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM Loretta Selinger via groups.io<http://groups.io> <loretta...><mailto:<lhselinger.com...>> wrote:
Does anyone have a suggestion for the best place to try for this bird in LA county?
