Blue jays

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 Blue jays Aphelocoma coerulescens 

Blue jays belong to the Corvidae family. 

They are various shades of blue all over the body, with black lining around the eyes, head and along the wings.

They eat plant and vegetable matter, seeds, nuts, insects, small rodents, frogs and fruits. The hunt and forage in trees and on the ground. 

Courtship displays are the male following and chasing the female. The male and female would build nest, the nest is located high in the trees.

The female lays around five eggs, incubation last for around eighteen days and both male and female do this, but the female does more. The male and female both provides food for the young. At twenty one days after hatching they leave the nest. 

Audubon, (2014). Blue Jay. [online] Available at: http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blue-jay [Accessed 14 Apr. 2015].