The Western Scrub Jay (Family: Corvidae, Order:Passeriformes) is a corvid with a crow-like stout bill. The jay is smaller than crows and has a white belly, gray-black cheek, black legs and feet, and a white supercilium.
The photo shows the jay's white throat that runs all the way to its belly.
Lakeport, CA 2008-02-10
The Western Scrub Jay was formally classfied as subspecies of the
scrub jay that include both Western and Florida Scrub Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens).