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The diet of a Blue Jay consists of nuts, fruit, insects, and other | The diet of a Blue Jay consists of nuts, fruit, insects, mice, frogs, and other bird's eggs. [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Bluejayprintout.shtml] They are omnivorous, meaning they eat both plants and animals. They like to scare other animals into giving them their food and use their beaks to crack open nut shells. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.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. | 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. | ||
