What's in a blue jay feather? As it turns out, less color than you'd think. We asked an expert to explain why blue jay ...

Bird vocalizations take energy, and songbirds like blue jays must marshal their energy for molt, a word derived from Old English, meaning “to change.” New feathers will grow to replace old ...

The good news is you can see the blue jay, and their tricky feathers even in the winter in Northeast Ohio. “They are year round residents and they’re very common at your bird feeders. They ...

Blue Jays are easy to recognize because of their crest and their beautiful blue, black and white markings. They are also one of our larger birds, some reaching a foot long. Although beautiful ...

Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

Blue jays and cardinals get their vivid hues of blue and red, respectively, in different ways – and efforts to understand why may help create coloured displays for devices such as e-readers.

The feathers of birds like blue jays and indigo buntings have contain tiny, randomly-arranged structures that scatter light. Certain wavelengths dominate the scattering to create the color that we ...

Feathers on a Blue Jay are mostly blue, with a touch of white on the tip, while a black horizontal pattern breaks up the blue a bit, depending on where the feather came off of the bird.

Why blue jays are such noisy birds Bird vocalizations range from shrill jeers to whistles and bell tones By Gary Clark , Nature Columnist Updated Sep 22, 2017 10:39 p.m.

SINCE HE’S A BLUE JAY, HE NEEDED A NAME THAT START WITH LIKE BLUE. SO THAT’S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE NAME BLUEY. ... Meet “Bluey” the bird, whose name came from his feathers.

SINCE HE’S A BLUE JAY, HE NEEDED A NAME THAT START WITH LIKE BLUE. SO THAT’S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE NAME BLUEY. ... Meet “Bluey” the bird, whose name came from his feathers.