Photos by BarrytheBirder
54 jay species
in the world
Only 5 species of jays in the world have crests like Canada's Northern Jay. One of the other four is also found in Canada: the Steller's Jay. However, it is the Northern Jay that shows up on many of the world's top 10, 12, 20 or 25 most beautiful birds lists. Northern Jays (Blue Jays) are expert mimics, especially of raptors such as the Red-tailed Hawk and the Red-shouldered Hawk. Moreover, owls are especially disliked by Northern Jays. For birdwatchers who have bird feeders in their backyards, Northern Jays can be nuisance because they storm the bird feeders and scare away all the smaller winter birds, but we take the bad with good, don't we.
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