Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the family Corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

Finally a bit of rain … and the temperature at night drops into the 30s. I hesitate to call this spell of warm fall weather a "second summer," since we have not yet had a frost. Lawns are still ...

We always enjoy the many hungry birds that come in to the feeder in winter. Constant movement of small birds in and out of the platform feeders and suet stations offer intriguing scenes. It is ...

Look at that spot-chested young robin, hopping blithely across the lawn, stopping here and there as it searches for a meal. And take note of a young blue jay perched on a branch, gulping down a ...

PRIORITY IN SEPTEMBER. YOU KNOW, THERE’S AN OLD PROVERB. MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD OF IT. IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, LET IT GO. AND IF IT COMES BACK, IT’S YOURS. IF IT DOESN’T, IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE. WELL, ...

THE blue-jay came out of the egg with his mind made up. He always knew exactly what he wanted, and never doubted that he knew how to get it. I wrote of this bird some time ago, but he was then a ...