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, ...

“The theory was that the blue jays were missing calcium from their diet in the wintertime, and that they were eating paint ...

Image In Northern winter, when most colorful birds are either absent or in dulled-down winter plumage, the blue jay ... the eventual snow line — may be what allows the jay to survive winters ...

Even those of us who embrace winter have been homebound by recent weather, so that outdoor story material has been a challenge to obtain. Snow and extreme cold disrupted school routines, and families ...

When the wind howls and the temperature plummets, it's easy to look out a window as birds huddle in a bush ... American tree sparrow, blue jay, European starling, house finch, mourning dove ...

A heavy snow 10 days ago brought birds out in huge numbers ... plus the usual mockingbirds and blue jays, tufted titmice and Carolina chickadees, every kind of sparrow and every kind of woodpecker.

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 ...

No, it will be a family of blue jays – often two mated adult birds and several juvenile birds ... storage chambers to eat later when snow blankets the land. Each evening my family of flying ...

The inclined roof shields birds from sun, rain, and snow, making it a great season-round feeder, especially for Blue Jays visiting during winter. The Sand Mine Bird Feeder holds up to 2.6 pounds of ...