MAGPIES, JAY'S, CROWS: CANADA JAY 
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State Records. —From their home in the northern part of the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains, a few Rocky Mountain Jays extend their range into the highest mountains of 
north-central New Mexico. No nests have been reported from New Mexico, and 
the altitude at which the actual nesting occurs is not yet known. Judged by its 
Shaded areas show summer range. Triangles mark summer records 
behavior in Colorado, the bird should nest in April and May at about 10,000-11,000 
feet [In the Sangre de Cristos it is most common about 10,000 feet, never below 
9,000, and then only adjacent to higher regions. On June 29, 1919, adults with 
hardly distinguishable young were seen near the head of Santa Barbara River, 20 
miles north of Cowles, at about 12,000 feet (Ligon).] In 1903 around Pecos Baldy 
they were not noted until July 23 (Bailey), when, at 11,000 feet on Jack Creek, the 
young were full grown but still accompanying their parents. [On June 12, 1919, 
they were observed at 9,000 feet on Pecos River. In June, 1924, they were observed 
in limited numbers on heavily timbered slopes southeast of Wheeler Peak, from 
timberline down to 10,000 feet (Ligon). On June 27, 1922, two were seen in the 
