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The diet of a Blue Jay consists of nuts, fruit, insects, and other birds' eggs. [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Bluejayprintout.shtml] | The diet of a Blue Jay consists of nuts, fruit, insects, and other birds' eggs. [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Bluejayprintout.shtml] | ||
Most of them do not migrate, but stay in the same area all year round. They live in the Gulf Coast and Eastern United States all the way up to Southern Canada. They are slowly moving westward as well. They live more towards the edges of deciduous and coniferous forests or in urban areas such as city parks. [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay_dtl.html] | Most of them do not migrate, but stay in the same area all year round. They live in the Gulf Coast and Eastern United States all the way up to Southern Canada. They are slowly moving westward as well. They live more towards the edges of deciduous and coniferous forests or in urban areas such as city parks. | ||
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay_dtl.html] | |||
They build their nests in trees or shrubs using twigs, bark, weeds, feathers, grass, roots, and whatever else they can find. They lay about 3-7 blue-green eggs at a time. [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Bluejayprintout.shtml] They eggs can be a variety of glossy colors like pink, blue, green, or olive with brown or purple speckles. The baby birds are closely watched by their parents until they can leave their nest at about 3 weeks old. [http://www.all-birds.com/Blue-Jay.htm] | They build their nests in trees or shrubs using twigs, bark, weeds, feathers, grass, roots, and whatever else they can find. They lay about 3-7 blue-green eggs at a time. [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Bluejayprintout.shtml] They eggs can be a variety of glossy colors like pink, blue, green, or olive with brown or purple speckles. The baby birds are closely watched by their parents until they can leave their nest at about 3 weeks old. [http://www.all-birds.com/Blue-Jay.htm] | ||
