blue jay attacking house finch nest

A disturbing video of a blue jay attacking a house finch nest, tossing most of the fledglings out and carrying off one

Downy Woodpecker~Blue Jay

4/10/2024

Blue Jay collecting nesting materials

Blue Jays Nest Building

A pair of Blue Jays collecting nesting materials in a neighbor’s yard. (The female is shown in the photos. )

Nest Building 2024 (So far)

Blue Jay getting string for the nest

Blue Jay Taking In The Morning Sun

Immature Blue Jay

Feed Me!

A Adult Blue Jay Resting Before Feeding It’s Fledglings

Feather ID needed

Blue feather found at Kleb Woods. Think either Eastern Bluebird or Blue Jay but leading towards Bluebird due to color. I’m not an expert on bluebirds but it looks nothing like a Blue Jay feather. https://ebird.org/checklist/S145097417

Blue Jays Collecting Nesting Materials

Pretty much everyone is collecting nesting materials, Starlings, House Sparrows, Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Mockingbirds.

GBBC Backyard Birds

2022 Bird Nests part 1

2022 Bird Nests part 1.

Please correct me if I am wrong on any of these IDs.

Titmice, Junco, & Blue Jay.

American Goldfinches and a Blue Jay

American Goldfinches and a Blue Jay

Blue jays & titmouse.

Blue jay.

Chickadee,Cardinals,Blue Jays/11/23/2022

Feeder Birds

A few of our feeder birds

Nest ID please!!Blue jays,Eagle & woodpecker?

Female Blue Jay flying

Blue Jays

Three Blue Jays eating suet

Mr. and Mrs. Jay

Mr. and Mrs. Jay trying out the new feeders!

Infertile Blue Jay Egg

1 blue jay egg. Appears to be infertile as the baby blue jay already fledged. There used to be two eggs. There was an eggshell in the nest.

Blue Jays!

Blue Jays!!!

Blue Jay

Blue Jay in grass

Better picture of the Blue Jay showing the eggs

A better picture of the Blue Jay showing the eggs. The eggs are very light blue with brown speckles. In the first picture, there is the baby and one egg and in the second picture there is the baby and if you look carefully you can see one egg and one egg hiding under the baby. The third picture shows the eggs. The 3rd picture is older.

Its NOT a Cowbird! Its a Blue Jay!

It’s NOT a cowbird! It’s a blue jay! We saw it today and it has blue feathers, a black beak, and white and black on its face. The two eggs didn’t hatch so they are probably infertile.

Blue Jay Fledgling

Older picture from 2019. Thought it would be good to share. The bird looks to be newly fledged. There are a few blue feathers starting to grow. It was under a big Oak tree

blue jay on a post.

Baby Blue Jays

Baby Blue Jays found in bamboo.

Blue Jay fledgling

Blue Jay fledgling

Fledglings

Lots of fledglings today! 1 White-winged dove,1 Mourning Dove, at least 2 House Sparrows, 1 Mockingbird, 1 House Finch, and 1 Blue Jay! The baby Finch couldn’t figure out how to eat the birdseed. He picked up a huge sunflower seed and then put it back. He couldn’t even eat the milo and millet. The baby Blue Jay grabbed on our window and ate a spider.

Blue Jay Nest

Blue Jay nest with 3 young. Sorry for the bad pictures. The was about 10 feet up.

Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay

Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay visit our feeder. Mr. Blue Jay gave Mrs. Blue Jay a seed. The female was seen in a tree with her fledgling yesterday.

Beautiful Blue đź’™

Flying Blue Jay

There’s something different about this Blue Jay, but I can’t seem to figure out what….

Mama Blue Jay

Notice the pink ribbon through the nest and tied to an adjacent limb? They unwound this from another limb and nest on the same tree when building their nest. They probably spent 3 hours on the ribbon. It is not just wrapped around the limb, it is tied.

Female blue jay on nest in oak tree

Flickers and Blue Jay

I made and put up a Flicker box in the yard. Flickers had 7 young. I was a little concerned as there were a pair of Blue Jays nesting in a Spruce 30′ away from the Flicker box. No problems, 7 Flickers fledged. The Blue Jays had 3 young,

Baby Blue Jays

4 eggs were discovered in a nest in my Magnolia tree. It wasn’t too high up so I was able to get a small ladder and take pictures. First time ever to have a nest where I could see it. So excited to have babies. Two for sure, possibly 4 total.

Baby Jay’s

I found this nest in a Mulberry tree that I was trimming limbs. There were some branches that were perfect for setting my camera up with a remote control. I watched from a distance and took random shots as well as ones when parents approached.

Serial Killer Blue Jay on the loose!

We have a serial killer blue jay in our midst.
I witnessed him several times throughout the day flying about with unknown hatchlings in his beak. Then I had the unfortunate chance to witness him stealing the first of the newly hatched Northern Cardinals from the nest I’ve been monitoring and posting photos of here. And despite the best efforts of mom and dad, the Blue Jay had emptied the Cardinal nest of all three hatchlings by days end. Dad Cardinal still seems awfully disturbed by this, even the next day, as he keeps hanging out by the nest giving off feeding time chirps. Sad day all around.

Female Blue Jay Sits Nest

Female Female Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) regards your photographer with a wary eye as she incubates four eggs in a backyard nest.

Nests in my neighbourhood

Baby blue jays

The Blue Jay Family

Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay

Getting the nest prepared

Baby Blue Jays

managed to get pics of 2 of the 4, these are 4 or 5 days fledged

Southeastern Birds

All of these birds can be found at the Johns Creek Environmental Campus Center in Johns Creek, Georgia. It is a bit hidden but in a man made forest and creek park.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology