Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

And though blue jays are known as “aggressive” birds around feeders, they are no more bullies than other larger birds like grackles and woodpeckers. Blue Jays Aren’t Actually Blue ...

Knowing the biology of these birds, I understand it won’t be just one bird traveling alone. ... Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay.

Like many bird species, blue jays change their behavior from Summer to Winter. In the Summer, breeding birds live in pairs while in the Winter they gather in groups.

Making loud, distinctive whistle-like sounds, if you don’t see a blue jay, you can certainly hear one. But when you see that flash of blue feathers whiz by you, you can sense that you just saw ...

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 ...

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 ...

And the blue jay has a side chick. It’s a 1980s soap opera, a daily dose of melodrama. One day, a bird with a twinkling whistle and a fighter-jet profile soared over the yard.

Blue jays are one of the first birds we learn to identify as kids. ... ”After 15 minutes or so, the blue jays all come in en masse like a band of ruffians.