Blue Jay

Blue Jay

The blue jay can be found across the world, in various different ranges. It is seldom found in dense woods, as it prefers mixed trees, especially beeches and oaks. The blue jay's unique color, like other blue tinted birds, is due to the alignment of the feathers and light. If a feather was somehow crushed, it would no longer be blue.

Blue jays commonly look for shelled food, as it is easier to carry in their beaks and store for later. After collecting a nice store, a blue jay will peck at the shell of usually a nut or acorn until it cracks. Mating season take place from March to July, and usually a large tree or bush is the place for the nest. The nest consists of twigs, mosses, grasses, and bits of trash collected, usually clumped together with mud.

Baby blue jays are sometimes called fledglings. The family of blue jays will stick close by each other until the next winter comes, and then they will separate so as not to  fight over the hard to find winter food. A blue jay makes a large variety of sounds. Some blue jays, if around humans enough, learn to mimic human sounds.

The blue jays is the mascot of many colleges and schools, and even a sports team called the Toronto Bluejays. It is also the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island.