Where to see
Cyanocitta stelleri
Yosemite National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Steller's Jay during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Yosemite National Park
In Yosemite National Park, United States, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Steller's Jay sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Redwood National Park and more
After Yosemite National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Steller's Jay are in Redwood National Park (United States, about 60%), Rocky Mountain National Park (United States, about 60%) and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (United States, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April–May and September–November in Yosemite National Park (about 90%), July and September in Redwood National Park (about 80%) and October to March in Rocky Mountain National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Steller's Jay on a given day. Each park's Steller's Jay page has the full month-by-month chart.
