Wildlife Photography – Deer and Scrub Jay

A Florida Scrub-Jay perches on the back of a white-tailed deer in the woods at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 15, 2021. The Florida Scrub-Jay is one of the species of scrub-jay native to North America. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. More than 330 native and migratory bird species, along with 25 mammal, 117 fish, and 65 amphibian and reptile species call Kennedy and the wildlife refuge home.