cool off in a bird bath, or take flight throughout neighborhoods. Making loud, distinctive whistle-like sounds, if you don’t ...

Blue jay bird is one of the magnificent birds ... Blue is not a pigment but an outcome of light passing through the structure of the flight feather. This is known as structural coloration and ...

Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay. The sound pierces through the yellow and orange autumn maple leaves on a crisp blue sky day. I sit enjoying the sunshine, ...

“The theory was that the blue jays were missing calcium from their diet in the wintertime, and that they were eating paint ...

The bird’s flight is strong and steady, with wings rarely flexed above horizontal. Polytypic. Length 11.5". A nearly unmistakable dark blue, black-crested jay with variable white or blue ...

Juvenile: much grayer overall, showing very little blue on the head. Flight: Usually undulating with quick deep wingbeats. Both the Steller’s jay and the blue jay have conspicuous crests and ...

Again, I hear the blue jay cry, this time a bit closer. Knowing the biology of these birds, I understand it won’t be just one bird traveling alone. No, it will be a family of blue jays – often ...