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     Blue Jay
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    Description: About 12 inches long, the blue jays crest, back, wings and tail are bright blue. Their wings have white spots and black bars. Tail feathers have white tips. They have a black necklace and grayish white face and under parts. The female lays 4 - 5 greenish blue eggs with brown spots. The eggs hatch in 17 days and the young leave the nest 17 - 19 days later.

    Habitat: Blue hays live in woods, gardens, parks and in suburbs. They build a nest in a tree using twigs, moss and some man made materials.

    Foods:  They eat seeds, nuts, fruits and insects. They especially like sunflowers seeds and cracked corn.

    Facts: No other eastern bird is like the noisy blue, black, and white Blue Jay. Of the western jays, Steller's (11 inches.) has a blackhead, throat,  and breast, and long black crest. The short tailed, crest less Pinyon Jay (9 in.) is dull blue with a darker crown. The Scrub Jay (10 in.), found commonly west of the Rockies and in central Florida, has a blue cap, wings, and tail, and a dull blue necklace across the whitish under parts. Young of all jays are similar to their parents.

    Did you know?: Blue Jays will form a mob and dive at hawks.

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