Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus 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 ...

Like many bird species, blue jays change their behavior from Summer to Winter. In the Summer, breeding birds live in pairs while in the Winter they gather in groups.

Jays are in the corvid family, related to crows, ravens, magpies and the like. There are 120 or so jay species worldwide, with 20 found in North America, though blue jays, east of the Rockies and ...