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 ...

The top half, shaped out of wood to look like a flying jay, offers shade and protection from rain. Available for $ 62 Meet the Steller’s jay : clever black and blue birds.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

A blue jay is framed by colourful autumn leaves at a bird feeder in southwest Edmonton. Photo by Larry Wong / Postmedia Of course, the black-billed magpie is no stranger to Edmonton.

It may come as no surprise that on the day that I observed 61 mourning doves at my deck, I also happened to count 22 blue jays. That, my friend, is a lot of energy in one location and the jays ...