Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
The adult Blue Jay is a bold crested songbird of deciduous forests, woodland edges, parks, and neighborhoods across eastern and central North America. It eats acorns, nuts, seeds, fruit, insects, eggs, and occasional small animals, often caching food for later use. Adults are agile fliers that use pecks, wing strikes, dive-bombing, and loud scolding calls when confronting rivals or predators. A notable fact is that Blue Jays help spread oak trees by burying acorns and forgetting some of them.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Blue Jay Hatchling
- ?
- Blue Jay Fledgling
- Blue Jay