These Blue Jays reside at Jeannie's Cottage.
They are from left: Blue Jay Music Box from Wild LRepublic,
Blue Jay Luv Pet from Russ Berrie, Blue Jay Bell Ornament
from Wild Republic, Rocket the Blue Jay Beanie Baby, a
Blue Jay from Wild Republic's Audubon
Bird Series , Jake the Puffkin Blue Jay, a Blue Jay
Ornament from Wild Republic and a Glass Blue Jay Ornament from
Ganz. Check the Gift
Shop to buy them.
The Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a
very attractive 
crested jay with
black barring and white patches on its bright blue wings and
tail, black "necklace" on whitish underparts. It is
about 11 to 12-1/2 inches long. The Blue Jay is common in suburbs,
city parks, farmlands and woodlands. It is very noisy and bold,
like most Jays and often migrates in huge flocks. It is a permanent
resident throughout its range.
Females lay 3 to 6 eggs that are light
greenish to olive and spotted with brown. The incubation period
is from 16 to 18 days. The nest is built in the fork of a tree;
5 to 50 feet up. It prefers oak forests, but also inhabits suburbs,
farms and towns. The nest is built of twigs and rootlets and
lined with grass and feathers.
Blue jays will eat fruits, seeds, nuts,
insects, birds' eggs, small birds, mice treefrogs and snails
. Breeding range is expanding to northwest; but is generally
found east of the Rockies from southern Canada to the Gulf of
Mexico.
Order: Passeriformes | Family:
Corvidae | Species: Cyanocitta cristata
