The Lake County Office of Parks & Trails is in the beginning stages of conducting a countywide survey of the threatened Florida Scrub-jay.

The public is encouraged to assist in this monumental task by reporting sightings of the Scrub-jay.

Scrub-jay identification tips:

• 11 inches in length
• Black sturdy bill
• Grayish “eyebrow” and dark eye line
• Blue head, rump, wings and tail
• Gray-brown back
• Grayish white throat with diffuse streaking and dark lower border
• Gray-brown under parts
• Dark legs, may be banded; color-band combinations are unique to each bird
• The only other large, long-tailed, blue bird within the range of the Florida Scrub-jay is the Blue Jay. The Blue Jay has a crest and white patches in the wings and tail.

Fill out the following web form to report a sighting of the Florida Scrub-jay: