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 ...

D espite 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 ...

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 ...

Despite the high numbers of birds (if I’m lucky) there is a relative calm about the morning gathering right up until that special moment when the blue jays arrive. Then things get a little crazy.

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 ...

I have homemade bird feeders – two old pie tins, one nailed to my deck railing and the other on a TV tray in the yard, weighed down with a huge rock. The rock, by the way, is to keep the TV ...