Baby Blue Jay in Winter

by Janette Boyd

Title

Baby Blue Jay in Winter

Artist

Janette Boyd

Medium

Photograph - Photo/texture/digitial

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Photo of baby blue jay in winter with clouds, textured with cracks, in background. Original photo was of baby blue jay on branch and second image of textured clouds with cracking was merged into original, using Corel Paint Photoshop, brushes and blending. Textured background courtesy of FAA Artist Pamela Phelps.

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Baby Blue Jay in Winter
The blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America. It is resident through most of eastern and central United States and southern Canada, although western populations may be migratory. It breeds in both deciduous and coniferous forests, and is common near and in residential areas. It is predominantly blue with a white chest and underparts, and a blue crest. It has a black, U-shaped collar around its neck and a black border behind the crest. Sexes are similar in size and plumage, and plumage does not vary throughout the year. Four subspecies of the blue jay are recognized.

The blue jay mainly feeds on nuts and seeds such as acorns, soft fruits, arthropods, and occasionally small vertebrates. It typically gleans food from trees, shrubs, and the ground, though it sometimes hawks insects from the air. Like squirrels, blue jays are known to hide nuts for later consumption. It builds an open cup nest in the branches of a tree, which both sexes participate in constructing. The clutch can contain two to seven eggs, which are blueish or light brown with brown spots. Young are altricial, and are brooded by the female for 8 to12 days after hatching. They may remain with their parents for one to two months.

The bird's name derives from its noisy, garrulous nature. It is sometimes called a "jaybird". Information courtesy of Wikipedia

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