{"id":840,"date":"2020-08-03T15:05:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T19:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:39:07","slug":"florida-scrub-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/03\/florida-scrub-jays\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Scrub Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, thanks to some help from good friend Art Nadelman, I finally got the opportunity to photograph a family of Florida Scrub Jays. The jays are only seen in specific areas of central Florida and are on the endangered species list. They are curious and friendly which makes for some fun action. Several companies and organizations are stepping up conservation efforts to maintain and enhance habitat for the birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200730-4-florida-scrub-jay-watching-from-top-of-shrub.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Scrub Jay Watching From Top Of Shrub\" class=\"wp-image-98944\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Juvenile Florida Scrub Jay Watching from the Top of a Scrub Oak<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200730-4-florida-scrub-jay-eating-acorn.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Scrub Jay Eating Acorn\" class=\"wp-image-98940\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Florida Scrub Jay Eating an Acorn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200730-4-florida-scrub-jay-eating-acorn-heart.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Scrub Jay Eating Acorn Heart\" class=\"wp-image-98943\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Florida Scrub Jay Eating an Acorn Heart<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More photos have been uploaded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/jays\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"21720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Jays<\/strong><\/a> gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, thanks to some help from good friend Art Nadelman, I finally got the opportunity to photograph a family of Florida Scrub Jays. The jays are only seen in specific areas of central Florida and are on the endangered species list. They are curious and friendly which makes for some fun action. Several companies&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200730-4-florida-scrub-jay-looking-out-from-scrub-brush.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109853,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/109853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}