Meet The Blue Jay, A Bird That Sounds An Alarm Call When Hawks Or Other Dangers Are Near, And Smaller Birds Often Recognize It And Hide

Oh, they will also invade other birds nests and eat their eggs too

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• November 27, 2022

Eastern North America is home to the blue jay, a passerine bird in the Corvidae family. The majority of the eastern and central United States are home to this species.

Breeding populations can be found all over southern Canada, and there are resident populations in Newfoundland, Canada. It has a crest that is primarily blue with white underparts and a blue collar around its neck.

There is also a black border around the crest. The blue jay primarily eats soft fruits, seeds, and nuts, which it may burrow to consume later, arthropods, and sporadically small vertebrates.

It normally forages for food on the ground, in bushes, and in trees, and occasionally it hawks insects out of the air. When it comes to other birds, blue jays can be very aggressive.

They occasionally raid nests and have even been documented beheading other birds. The blue jay can also be advantageous to other bird species since it will chase away hawks and owls and scream if one enters its territory.

When hawks or other threats are nearby, it has also been known to make an alarm call. Smaller birds frequently hear this call and take cover as a result.

It occasionally mimics raptor sounds, particularly those of red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks, perhaps to see if a hawk is around but also perhaps to frighten away other birds that might compete with it for food supplies.

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Blue Jays is known to sound an alarm call when hawks or other dangers are near, and smaller birds often recognize it and hide

Additionally, it has a history of attacking people who approach its nest, and if an owl roosts nearby during the day, the blue jay mobs it until it finds a new roost. Below are some of what redditors had to say concerning this bird.

A gang of janky Jayson this Redditor's back deck

Blue Jay propaganda

This Redditor love blue Jays

Blue Jays also take all the peanuts kept for squirrels

They invade other birds nest and eat their eggs

They ravaged and ate all the robins

This redditor's blue Jay imitates a Cooper hawk call

This Redditor is revealing what a blue Jay did

This Redditor loves their sound and when the sunlight hits their blue feathers

This Redditor refers to them as pretty looking crows

They do their thing just as other animals do

They also eat from this Redditor's bird feeder

Crows do this too

They make guards for certain types of houses

A peanuts allergists worst walking nightmare

It's good when they're beating up your enemy

A blue Jay that bullies all the small birds away

This Redditor is beginning to appreciate them a bit more

Oh my

The chickens are running for cover

As we mentioned earlier, blue jays have also been observed killing or attacking other smaller birds, including Eastern red bats, which roost in foliage. Jays are aggressive and aggressively pursue rival birds from a feeder in search of a simpler meal.

The blue jay may also break into other birds' nests and steal eggs, chicks, and nests. Do leave your thoughts about this bird in the comments below.

Maryjane