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Blue Jays have only one mate for their entire life. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html] Mating usually starts in May and ends in late summer or early fall. A group of males will follow a female, bobbing their heads up and down, trying to show off. The female chooses one of them to be her mate. [http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Blue_Jay.html] Afterwards, the male will provide for his mate by finding food for her and getting suitable twigs for their future nest. [http://www.birdhouses101.com/blue-jay-Nesting.asp] | Blue Jays have only one mate for their entire life. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html] Mating usually starts in May and ends in late summer or early fall. A group of males will follow a female, bobbing their heads up and down, trying to show off. The female chooses one of them to be her mate. [http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Blue_Jay.html] Afterwards, the male will provide for his mate by finding food for her and getting suitable twigs for their future nest. [http://www.birdhouses101.com/blue-jay-Nesting.asp] | ||
[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html]They | [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html]They breed in gardens, farms, forests, or parks. [http://www.nrri.umn.edu/mnbirds/accounts/BLJAa2.htm] Their nests are built in trees or shrubs about 8-30 feet off the ground using twigs, bark, weeds, feathers, grass, roots, and whatever else they can find. They have also been known to have something white on the outside of the nest. It can be a candy wrapper, piece of bark, a paper towel they've found, or a white leaf. [http://www.birdhouses101.com/blue-jay-Nesting.asp] | ||
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] | 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] | ||
