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[[Image:Blue jay sitting.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | [[Image:Blue jay sitting.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | ||
Blue Jays have dark gray legs and feet, light gray to white breast feathers, and a blue crest on top of their head. Their wings are blue with white and black lines crossing horizontally and a blue tail with black bars on top and white bars underneath. Their eyes, feet, and beak are black. They grow to be about 10-11 inches in length[http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Bluejayprintout.shtml] and 2.5 -3.5 onces. [http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/blue-jay.html] | Blue Jays have dark gray legs and feet, light gray to white breast feathers, and a blue crest on top of their head. Their wings are blue with white and black lines crossing horizontally and a blue tail with black bars on top and white bars underneath. Their eyes, feet, and beak are black. They grow to be about 10-11 inches in length[http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Bluejayprintout.shtml] and 2.5 -3.5 onces. [http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/blue-jay.html] The crest on the top of their head is lowered or raised according to it's mood. When it is excited to aggressive, it's crest feathers stick straight up. [http://www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com/blue_jay_info.htm] | ||
The male and female look indentical to each other except that the male is slightly larger. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html] | The male and female look indentical to each other except that the male is slightly larger. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocitta_cristata.html] | ||
The young birds look | The young birds look similar 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.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay_dtl.html] | ||
== Reproduction == | == Reproduction == | ||
