Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay. The sound pierces through the yellow and orange autumn maple leaves on a crisp blue sky day. I sit enjoying the sunshine, ...

So, how do you tell these very similar birds apart? There are a few subtle differences. The California scrub jay has patches of grey along with white on its stomach, while the blue jay has only white.

This is a long-tailed jay ... gray below with a contrastingly paler throat and upper breast, and a variable bluish band on the chest. Juvenile: much grayer overall, showing very little blue ...

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 ...

Gray squirrels are busy collecting and ... But no, it was just the blue jays. “What a remarkable bird,” I thought to myself. Blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) are a common bird of the eastern ...