What does the Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay eat?
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
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Diet overview
Omnivore, primarily consuming acorns, pine nuts, seeds, fruits, insects, small vertebrates, and eggs.
How it forages
Forages primarily on the ground and in shrubs and trees. Known for its extensive caching behavior, burying acorns, pine nuts, and other seeds for later retrieval. Also gleans insects from foliage and bark, and preys on small vertebrates and eggs. Uses its strong bill to crack open nuts and seeds.
When it feeds
Diurnal
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