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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. | 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 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] Blue Jay families, consisting of the young and it's parents, don't usually live in close contact with other families. They only time a large number of Blue Jays will gathers is to scare away any predators. They will even chase and attack humans if they come to close. [http://www.aspensongwildbirdfood.com/wildbirds/speciesprofiles/detail.php?id=69] | ||
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] | 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] | ||
