They make a variety of sounds, one very similar to the call of the red-shouldered hawk, perhaps to intimidate competition away from food sources. The blue jay is one of the larger perching birds.

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 ...

With a salmon coloured body and an electric blue wing panel, the Irish jay is a bird to behold ... Complex tunes with laser-like sounds.

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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. Funny thing is, the blue jays all look exactly the same. They act the same and sound the same, so ...