This week’s featured creature is one of the most beautiful birds in North America. However, I think because it is quite ...

What beautiful birds, their plumage a vivid riot of shades of blue, etched with bits of black and white! Visitors from abroad always have blue jays on the top of their American birding wishlists, and ...

In a very complex manner, light is scattered throughout the feathers of the blue jay in much the same way that light scatters ...

This is the job of the blue jays; they are sentries, alarm systems for the many smaller birds that we enjoy. These bold, bright birds put themselves at risk when they make themselves known so loudly.