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Copulation infrequent secretive. averages sometime March June. oaks preferred nesting, myrtle selected. nest edge clump dense shrub. diameter istorically, Aphelocoma coerulescens scattered associated fragmented habitat. exists destruction fire suppression, suburban development, citrus conversion agriculture operations. states endangered habitat, land development. recovery plants animals depends actions residents visitors. jays current subpopulations northern County northward Clay County. estimated 7,000 11,000 birds, mostly Merritt Refuge Brevard County, Ocala Forest uplands north west Lake Okeechobee. U.S. Fish Service federally listed threatened 1987. Commission 1972, upgraded status in1975. specific, requiring bare sand. Taller vegetation turkey pine consist canopy cover suitable well-drained fine, siliceous deposited Pleistocene sealevel comprising Chapman oak, oak. Other pine, rosemary, palmetto, crookedwood silk bay. scrubs categorized scrubby flatwoods. twigs lined sabal palmetto fibers. sexes build young, incubating brooding. Clutch greenish, brown-spotted eggs, incubation Fledging 12-25 Predators eastern coachwhip indigo snakes. Raptors bobcats prey adults. omnivore, plant material. Examples acorns, seeds, fruits, spiders, ants, wasps, grasshoppers beetles. reptiles, amphibians nestlings. spends considerable December eating caching acorns Territory nonmigratory persist defined defended acres, density ranges acres. observe jays, mentioned, Archbold Biological Station Placid, Canaveral Space Force Station, Spring Park, Jonathan Dickinson Oscar Scherer Park. mid-morning nesting Recovery species learning facilities manage bird. Cox ecologist williamrcoxphotography.com. 85 CAPT. 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