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 ...

Turns out Tobiasz had seen a rare, Leucistic blue jay — a bird that has an abnormal plumage condition caused by a genetic mutation. It lost its coloring and turned white in some areas of its body.

Bird of the Month Name : Blue jay ( Cyanocitta cristata ). Description : The blue jay is between 9 and 12 inches long, bright blue on top and white to gray on its throat, chest and belly. It ha… ...

Blue jays are Jekyll-and-Hyde birds with an attitude, maybe even a temper, ... And that’s surely intentional on the jay’s part. Brilliant blue-and-white plumage and boisterous, ...

Blue jay numbers have rebounded in many spots across Pennsylvania and the rest of the northeastern U.S. after drastic declines a decade or so ago, when large numbers of the birds were killed by ...