. Our bird friends; containing many things young folks ought to know--and likewise grown-ups . ge of a squirrel, when a jay discovers the bird begins squalling at the top of his voice and thesquirrel runs and hides. In that way he befriends the squirrel,of course, and it is possible that is why Nature gave the jaya disposition to quarrel and to make a to-do over everythingand everybody. The jay loves to stir up trouble. It can imitate a numberof birds, especially several kinds of hawks. It will get aroundwhere a lot of birds are enjoying themselves and screech likea hawk just to see t
. Our bird friends; containing many things young folks ought to know--and likewise grown-ups . ge of a squirrel, when a jay discovers the bird begins squalling at the top of his voice and thesquirrel runs and hides. In that way he befriends the squirrel,of course, and it is possible that is why Nature gave the jaya disposition to quarrel and to make a to-do over everythingand everybody. The jay loves to stir up trouble. It can imitate a numberof birds, especially several kinds of hawks. It will get aroundwhere a lot of birds are enjoying themselves and screech likea hawk just to see the other birds scatter and hunt for the jay flies up into the branches of a tall tree and yellsand hollers and it is no trouble to imagine that he is shakinghis sides in laughter. But he is a beauty in coloring and as he stays with us allwinter, he adds cheerfulness to the landscape when everythinglooks dead and dreary. His general color is light purplish blue,the underparts whitish, and he wears a half collar or crescentof black. There are black bands on the wings and tail, and. 11 BLUE JAY. (Cyanocitta cristata).I Life-size. COPYRIGHT AND PUBLISHED BYATKINSON, MENTZEH & GROVER, CHICAGO THE BLUE JAY 45 there are. white bars. A single feather from the tail or wing ofthe jay affords an interesting study in coloring. The jay builds a substantial nest of sticks and straw, linedwith fiber and down, and lays from five to seven eggs, of a palebluish green, with little freckles upon them.
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