This brilliant blue bird spends the winters in Central ... the two species may share a bit of territory in Washington and Oregon. The scrub jay and blue jay are a similar size and color, and ...

Again, I hear the blue jay cry, this time a bit closer. Knowing the biology of these birds, I understand it won’t be just one bird traveling alone. No, it will be a family of blue jays – often ...

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 ...

Juvenile: much grayer overall, showing very little blue ... of pinyon jay, Steller’s jay, and Clark’s nutcracker. Vagrant: casual to southwestern British Columbia, eastern Washington ...