Each evening my family of flying squirrels zips in out of ... But no, it was just the blue jays. “What a remarkable bird,” I thought to myself. Blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) are a common ...

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 ...