The Chumash people who were the original inhabitants of the northern Channel Islands may have
eaten the local
scrub jay, or used its feathers for decoration, since they are known to have made feather bands including
jay feathers on the Californian mainland.
Feeding The large bill of the island
scrub -
jay is related to its diet, of thick - shelled acorns which they bury, or cache, in the fall and
eat months later.