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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] | 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. | ||
They are predated by hawks, racoons, cats, snakes, squirrels, and falcons. Both parents will attempt to scare away any predator by chasing and attacking them. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html] | |||
They are knownt to be selfish and hostile. During witner periods, they tend to store up more food than they use which can help the envirement in the spreading of plant seeds. However they can also be a nusiance because they have been noted to carry the West Nile Virus. [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. | ||
[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay_dtl.html] | [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay_dtl.html] | ||
They are very loud birds with many different calls. They can sounds very harsh or be more of a whistling sound. They are even known for imitating the calls or hawks, supposedly to warn other blue jays that a hawk is near. [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay.html#description] | They are very loud birds with many different calls. They can sounds very harsh or be more of a whistling sound. They are even known for imitating the calls or hawks, supposedly to warn other blue jays that a hawk is near. [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay.html#description] | ||
