This photo was added to the Nature Canada Flickr Group by Brenda Hartley-Foubert. Thank you for sharing your love for nature, Brenda!A common visitor to many yards in central and eastern North America, the Blue Jay is known for its intelligence and noisy calls. With a high crest, black, blue and white plumage, it is a fairly large songbird with a fondness for acorns.

Strangely, the Blue Jay’s migration patterns are not consistent and are not well understood. Blue Jays will stay put throughout the winter in all parts of their range, but some birds will migrate south. However, birds that migrate south one year, are just as likely not to migrate the following winter.