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Jay :
Description: Bluejays are crested birds with black and white patches on wings and tail. Black band around neck and back of head. White/gray chest and stomach. Black feet and patch between eyes and beak. Sound: Not yet available, however has many many calls. Very loud and bold Food Source: Bluejays can be seen around feeders. They will eat wild bird food, suet cakes, woodpecker cakes, corn, and many other scrap items such as bread, popcorn, and will also steal dog food, and cat food. Jays diet also consists of vegetable material such as wild fruits, acorns, hazelnuts, beechnuts, and also insects of many kinds. Blue Jays are very beneficial in local control of the injurious tent caterpillar. One pair of Blue Jays may feed hundreds of tent caterpillar pupae to their nestlings in early summer. Nesting Habits: Blue jays prefer to build their own bulky nest, about 7" in diameter, of small twigs and a variety of other materials such as lichens, moss, grass, and paper. The inner nest, is shaped with mud and lined with fine rootlets and feathers. Before the final nest is made, the birds build several incomplete nests as part of their courtship ritual. The nests are 9-30' from the ground, in a tree or shrub. Four or five eggs are laid. The eggs vary in color from buffy to greenish or bluish, spotted and blotched with brown
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