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[[Image:Blue jay map.gif|thumb|150px|left|Green - year round residence. Yellow - breeding only. Blue - winter only.]] | [[Image:Blue jay map.gif|thumb|150px|left|Green - year round residence. Yellow - breeding only. Blue - winter only.]] | ||
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. An estimated 24% of their diet is other animals, and 76% is organic matter. [http://www.nrri.umn.edu/mnbirds/accounts/BLJAa2.htm] 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] To some people this may seem unacceptable, but it benefits the envirement by keeping bird and insect populations from becoming too large. [http://www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com/blue_jay_info.htm] They are omnivorous, meaning they eat both plants and animals. An estimated 24% of their diet is other animals, and 76% is organic matter. [http://www.nrri.umn.edu/mnbirds/accounts/BLJAa2.htm] 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] 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 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] | ||
