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Blue jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Photo by Zafar
Published on Project Noah
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42.21, -85.67

Field Notes

Description:

A passerine visitor at the backyard feeder (Texas Corners, Michigan, USA)

Habitat:

These birds are found throughout the eastern and central United States, south to Florida and northeastern Texas. Also in Southern Canada (including the southern areas of provinces from Alberta eastward to Quebec and throughout the Atlantic provinces).

Notes:

The blue jay mainly feeds on nuts and seeds such as acorns, soft fruits, arthropods, and occasionally small vertebrates.

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Comments (2)

Thank you Antonio!
Hello Zafar and welcome to the Project Noah community! Nice first spotting! Project Noah is a tool for people to learn about wildlife, share wildlife spotting's, build nature journals and engage in citizen science. Here you will find a friendly community of people passionate about wildlife and conservation. We are thrilled for you to join Project Noah. We hope you enjoy our website and community as much as us! Enjoy yourself, learn, share and I will see you around :)

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