Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Family: Crows, jays, and magpies
Blue Jay is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
The male feeds the female while she is brooding the eggs.
It feeds mainly on seeds and nuts, such as acorns, which it may hide to eat later; soft fruits; arthropods; and occasionally small vertebrates.
When the bird is feeding among other jays or resting, the crest is flattened on the head.