Well, probably not really buddies, but in the same neighborhood anyway. A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) is obvious. Look in the distance above and behind it and you will see a Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus).
Two birds nearly the same size, with the Blue Jay being just a tiny bit larger. The Blue Jay has a length of 9.8 to 11.8 inches, the Red-bellied Woodpecker has a length of 9 to 10.5 inches.
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They come around in an aggressive manner. Noisy. With quick actions that appear confrontational. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), a bird in the Corvidae, or Crow family, native to eastern North America.
In its scientific name, Cyanocitta cristata, the genus name Cyanocitta comes from two Greek words kyaneos, or blue, and kitta as well as kissa, or chattering bird, jay. The specific name cristata comes from the Latin word, meaning crested or tufted, relating to the crest of this jay.
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The Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), in the Corvidae family. There are more than 120 species of birds in this family, including Crows, Ravens, Magpies, Nutcrackers, and of course Jays.
Aside from sharing similar traits like having strong beaks and long tails, they also share the trait of being highly intelligent. They will imitate the Red-tailed, and Red-shouldered Hawk calls. Using that talent to warn other Blue Jays that Hawks are nearby, or simply to scare other birds away. Another example of Blue Jay intelligence: In labs they have been observed working with strips of newspaper to pull food from outside their cage to a spot where it can be eaten. And early this year a series of photographs and a detailed description of an event which occurred in October 2021, were published in The Wilson Journal Of Ornithology, describing a Blue Jay breaking off a piece of tree bark and using it to extract a spider from beneath the bark of a White Pine tree (Pinus strobus) in Trumbull County, Ohio.
There is much to be appreciated in this bird which sometimes seems to be a noisy troublemaker!
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A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), a member of the Corvidae family.
They make a lot of noise. Imitating sounds of human activity around them and sometimes even imitating the sound of the human voice. Other birds are part of their quite accurate repertoire, hawks, chickadees, catbirds, goldfinches to name a few.
Some would say that the word “raucous” would be an appropriate descriptor.
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A noisy bird that seems to love to announce its presence. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). Cousin to Crows (Corvus) and Ravens (Corvus corax), in a family of intelligent birds.
These large songbirds have a wide range of songs that are not so much songs actually but sounds, described as loud jeers, whistled notes, clicks, chucks, whines, whirrs, and gurgling sounds. They can also mimic hawk calls, cats, squeaky gate sounds, and human speech.
Smart, noisy birds.
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