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Blue Jays have only one mate for their entire life. The average lifespan for living in the wild is about 17 years. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.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. [http://www.all-birds.com/Blue-Jay.htm]

After the eggs are layed, they incubated, mainly by the mother, for 18 days. The baby birds are closely watched by their parents until they leave their nest at about 2 months old. The fledgings can feed themselves at 3 weeks old, but before that are fed by the parents. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html] The young birds look close to the adults except that they are lighter in color: their blue feathers are more gray and their black feathers are more brown. [http://www.all-birds.com/Blue-Jay.htm]