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 ...

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.

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.

"Since he’s a blue jay, he needed a name that started with, like, blue — so that’s why we came up with the name Bluey," said Jakobien, who found the bird.

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 ...

"Since he’s a blue jay, he needed a name that started with, like, blue — so that’s why we came up with the name Bluey," said Jakobien, who found the bird.

"Since he’s a blue jay, he needed a name that started with, like, blue — so that’s why we came up with the name Bluey," said Jakobien, who found the bird.

There is something undeniably joyful about watching birds flit between shrubs in the landscape or perch on seed heads in a ...

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.

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 ...