The feathered friends around your home can be picky eaters, so be sure to provide them with their favorite meals.

Northern cardinals, blue jays, American robins, and house sparrows are common birds in North American cities. These small, ...

6. Blue Jay The Neighborhood Watch (image credits: unsplash) Blue Jays are nature’s alarm system. When a hawk or cat sneaks into their territory, these birds sound a loud, harsh scream that alerts ...

6. Blue Jay The Neighborhood Watch (image credits: unsplash) Blue Jays are nature’s alarm system. When a hawk or cat sneaks into their territory, these birds sound a loud, harsh scream that alerts ...

They raise their young in communal style, often with multiple birds feeding chicks from different nests (though some members of the group get away with doing nothing). They also have an interesting ...

Why birds migrate at night. A large majority of North America’s migratory land birds, about 80%, are nocturnal migrants, Yoerger said. There are some birds, such as Blue Jays, that will migrate ...

They’re not the fastest-flying bird so predators like hawks and owls watch for them in open areas. Diet: Blue jays are omnivorous, with 2/3 of their diet vegetation and 1/3 carnivorous.

Blue jays are one of the first birds we learn to identify as kids. You can find them all over the country, but not a single state has chosen the blue jay as its state bird.

However, there does seem to be one thing that can calm everyone down a bit, and that turns out to be the blue jays. It may come as no surprise that on the day that I observed 61 mourning doves at my ...

Despite the high numbers of birds (if I’m lucky) there is a relative calm about the morning gathering right up until that special moment when the blue jays arrive. Then things get a little crazy.

One of 11 kiwis returned to the wild outside Wellington gets a health check. The results: “Excellent,” says Paul Ward. Predators in the area have been reduced to the point where these birds ...