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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 ...
• In one research study, 50 blue jays were observed selecting and caching 150,000 acorns over a period of 28 days. Each bird cached a total of 3,000 acorns by selecting and hiding an average of ...
Visitors from abroad always have blue jays on the top of their American birding wishlists, and are surprised that they are common, backyard birds. Boisterous, but lovely to behold. Jays are in the ...
P.E.I.'s provincial bird, the blue jay, is plentiful and plenty visible at feeders and in the wild across the Island. The jay became the provincial bird back in 1977 after a province-wide vote.
Blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) are a common bird of the eastern and central part of the country. They are so common I think they often go unnoticed by the average person.
The Steller’s jay is a bold and aggressive species frequently found scavenging in campgrounds, picnic areas, and feeding stations in the West. The bird’s flight is strong and steady, with ...
Maybe it’s only my imagination but the summer months always seem to signal a change in the split-personalities of blue jays.Their noisy displays in the fall woods and ragamuffin performances at ...
However, there does seem to be one thing that can calm everyone down a bit, and that turns out to be the blue jays. It may come as no surprise that on the day that I observed 61 mourning doves at my ...
If I didn’t see the blue jays, I would have thought a Cooper’s hawk was giving this call. But no, it was just the blue jays. “What a remarkable bird,” I thought to myself.