Blue Jays
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Loud and boisterous, the Blue Jay is a fairly common bird over two-thirds of the U.S. as well as in Canada.
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Blue Jay
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They fly with strong wing beats that allow them to ‘bullet’ through the air at high speed!
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Blue Jays in flight
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I hear Blue Jays every morning at sunrise. Already busy looking for food, they are scouring the trees and ground below for seeds and small insects.
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Blue Jay
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Blue Jay
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Blue Jay
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Blue Jays also love acorns! Their fondness for them is credited with helping spread oak trees after the last glacial period.
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Photos by Donna 
That last image is priceless. I saw a crow once with its jaw wedged open , I think it grabbed something it couldn’t handle, but it did manage to spit it out.
Thank you, Jane! Blue Jays can really pack their throat pouch, but goodness it sure looks uncomfortable.
Yes, it does.
You did better than I. Heard them, got all excited, but did not get one image.Glad you did. thanks for sharing.
I’ve been trying to take Blue Jay photos for several weeks now, and I’ve only gotten these few favorites, lol. They don’t like to be seen for sure!
Will do!
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Love this bird Donna, and never tire of seeing pics of it. Specially love the second last with it looking at us with food in its mouth, lovely!
Thank you, Ashley! I remember our Blue Jay is one of your favorites. That last shot was a little cheeky, eh?!! 😊
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Thanks Mic!
What a pretty bird! I especially love the last photo!! 💙
Thank you, Lisa! They are busy stuffing their cheeks, just wish they’d give me more chances for a photo with those mouthfuls! 😊
Sometimes we just need to take what we can get! 📷
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I love them and these captures!
Thank you, Cindy!
Beautiful birds, Donna! You could get them in action in the last two pictures!
Thank you, Indira! They enjoy teasing me, hiding behind the branches. 😊
I didn’t know that Blue Jays helped to spread oak trees after the last glacial period. Wow! We used to feed them unsalted peanuts in the shell in the winter. It was fun watching them try to decide how many peanuts they could carry off at one time. They’re so beautiful and your pictures are lovely. I hear mine every morning, too.
Thank you, Barbara! I’ve been seeing small flocks of them which has been exciting. Yes, they love peanuts too! They are fun to watch them trying to stuff those cheeks!
I like the Blue Jays, their plumage pattern is sophisticated and cool; so are shots are your shots. 🙂
Thank you, HJ! Me too, those blues are so beautiful. 😊
Common bird. Uncommonly beautiful!
Splendidly photographed.
Thank you kindly, Wally! 😊
Lovely photos! I love photographing Blue Jays. Just love their blue colour! Great info on the oak trees. Yes, Blue Jays can mimic hawk calls to warn other Blue Jays or scare creatures away. They definitely have fooled me with their sound.
Thank you, Simon! I am beginning to learn that there are quite a few birds that mimic others. Doesn’t help me trying to learn! 🥴 😁
Nice Blue Jay Images Donna! Enjoyed seeing them!
Thank you, Reed! I’ve had a lot of fun with them!
Wonderful shots of the blue jay on the grass. A bird I don’t see often enough.
Thank you, Belinda! If you can see them, there are tiny dew drops in the grass, it was shortly after sunrise. 🙂
Nice captures, Donna. Love that bright blue!
I remember the first time I saw a bluejay bury an acorn and then place a leaf on top to hide the spot. I was SO amazed!
Thank you, Eliza! Awesome sighting with the leaf cover-up, I’d love to see that!!
They are very pretty but, man are they annoying. They are also bad about destroying Robin eggs.
OMGosh they are loud! Yes, they are bandits too….
Excellent images, Donna!! They do look darts flying across the sky sometimes.
We haven’t got this Blue Jay. I do love the markings on this one.
Thank you, Deborah! They do! I’ve seen/photographed your Stellar Jay, that is also a beautiful Jay.