Wandering Aimlessly
A Forester Bird
by Phil Burkhouse
Boisterous, loud, obnoxious, gluttonous, and gregarious are some of the terms that flash through my brain when I conjure up visions of our jay with the intense and iridescent blue coloration. Blue jays, our large, showy, and noisy songbirds, can reach a foot in length and are a member of the corvidae or crow family. Being a member of the crow family lends an explanation as to why this gorgeous bird is so loud and also so very annoying.
The blue jay is bigger than a robin and is one of our most familiar and unmistakable songbirds. The blue jay has a bright blue crest, cap, and back, and it also has blue wings and a blue tail containing white patches crossed with black stripes resembling rungs on a ladder.