Off in the distances I can hear the familiar scream-like call of a blue jay ... adult birds and several juvenile birds. Funny thing is, the blue jays all look exactly the same.

Before I rushed off to worship services one morning, I glanced out my backyard window at our bare black oak tree that shook in the frigid, late February wind. Alighting peacefully on one of the ...

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 ...