The bird’s flight is strong and steady, with wings rarely flexed above horizontal. Polytypic. Length 11.5". A nearly unmistakable dark blue, black-crested jay with variable white or blue ...

A female cardinal crept from under some foliage and blue jays bravely pecked at their seeds. No white jay appeared. Finally, camouflaged against the dull sky, the bird appeared – a fleeting ...

By: Susan Andrews   Snow Storm Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter “Winter is come in earnest and the snow In dazzling splendour – crumpling underfoot Spreads a white world ...