| 单词 | blue jay |
| 例句 | Finally, five months later a blue jay appeared and a wren.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There were blue jays, which are very quarrelsome birds, and black-and- white peckers that pecked holes in the yucca stalks and the poles of my roof, even in the whale bones of the fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A movement on the sumac bush outside caught her eye, and she flew at a blue jay. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful day, the blue jays were making noise, the trees were getting back their leaves. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Well, the birds don V like it either Here is a drawing of how to change the wires on a transformer so eagles, owls, hawks, vultures, even blue jays don V get zapped. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “That red one is a cardinal,” he’d tell me, and “that one over there is a blue jay. They don’t like each other much.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “What did you think about that old blue jay?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Every time her mom came home, Aru would stand off to the side, chest puffed out like a blue jay, waiting for her to notice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Two blue jays in the sycamore tree called loudly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She screeches like a blue jay when she laughs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Her dark hair is fashioned into a bird's nest, complete with a pair of live blue jays in it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I play the first words of Esteban’s story over and over as my father’s song lifts up to my room, as my uncle packs above me, as the blue jay perches in the Ailanthus tree. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z A blue jay who flew into a willow when I sat down is right above me, a prisoner of the haze too. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She flapped to the pine tree where the blue jays had nested, landed, and lost her balance. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Directly below the aerie was a pine tree where two blue jays had built a stick nest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z At last the wind blows, the whiteness thins, and the blue jay catches sight of me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A blue jay landed in the yard near us and Wishbone’s ears perked up. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I was uncertain if this referred to Bud or to a literal blue jay, or if, perhaps, we were heading into the territory of senile dementia. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Outside, a blue jay perches on the edge of a branch. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It might be a mouse hiding under a leaf, a squirrel twitching its tail on a tree trunk, a blue jay calling from a bramble bush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z An hour of visiting passed—we’d check on “her” blue jay, Billy, who was often lurking in her tiny backyard, and feed him peanuts, and she’d ask us about school, boys, friends. How I found Christmas again in Grandma Ruth's peanut butter balls 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z “One hour it’s a mockingbird, and another hour it’s a blue jay and so on. I enjoy it. I live alone. It keeps me company.” What is it like to be the brother of Robert Kennedy’s assassin? The life of the other Sirhan. 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Players can carry, kick or throw a spheroid Pritz, three and three-quarters inches in diameter, made from untreated ibex hide stuffed with blue jay feathers. Tom Koch, Comedy Writer for Bob and Ray, Dies at 89 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z “Some birds say their name — like the blue jay goes ‘jay jay!’ or the eastern phoebe that says ‘phoebe!’ Birders of a feather flock together 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z But other than discerning the cry of doves and the screeching of blue jays, I failed at this, too. A Love-Hate Relationship With Birds 2010-04-29T18:30:00Z Quintel, the show revolved around a blue jay and a raccoon who went on weird adventures. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ and ‘Stateless’ 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z They also still sing — in the Asbury Encore Chorale, in the car, and in their two-bedroom house nestled among trees, blue jays and cardinals. This couple met when they joined the school choir. More than 70 years later, they’re still in rhythm. 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Mockingbirds, blue jays, hummingbirds and butterflies pirouette through its palms, live oaks, maples and cypress trees. Like Joseph Stella’s Paintings? You’ll Love These Botanical Gardens. 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Ferns carpeted the forest floor, and the calls of robins, wood thrushes and blue jays filled the trees. Explorer: Biking in Vermont, Body Armor Optional 2012-08-30T13:35:27Z She recites the names of birds that visit the feeder outside our window: cardinals, blue jays, red-bellied woodpeckers, chickadees. Notes on being pregnant in a pandemic 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Jem learns that while he may shoot all the blue jays he wants, “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” because it does nothing but sing. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Birds feast, too, including turkeys, woodpeckers, crows, titmice and blue jays. Perspective | The sturdy, steadfast oak is the perfect tree for troubled times 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z And there’s nothing like glimpsing a male cardinal or blue jay against the snow. Eagle-Eyed Urbanites? Winter Treks 2011-02-17T21:01:12Z My study has a view of the Bay of Quinte, and I’ve seen everything from blue jays to eagles go swooping past. Cool in Canada: Prince Edward County – Ontario's great escape 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Other birds, including such backyard regulars as the American robin and the blue jay, will fly in even more places, the report says. Global warming will mean trouble for birds A prominent designer in New York, at the mention of her name, used to shriek like a blue jay, “The incredibly untalented Ms. McCartney!” What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z In another part of the book, the first time you tried to let Alfie wander on her own in their backyard, she and a group of blue jays started screeching at each other. What an orphan owl taught an ecologist about bird intelligence 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z At first, the usual suspects for my neighborhood outside of Boston popped up: robins and blue jays, ubiquitous throughout the Eastern U.S. and easily recognizable. Who’s that singing? As fall migration arrives, apps that ID birds by sound have taken off 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Birds, such as blue jays, cardinals, and chickens; as well as arthropods, such as praying mantises, spiders, yellowjackets, and ants, are the most common predators. Inside the race to stop lanternflies—before they get to a town near you 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z For example, the North American blue jay is known uniquely as Cyanocitta cristata. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Who can forget his ongoing debate with himself and others about whether they’re called blue jays or scrub jays? Feedback: Readers weigh in on 'The Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf' 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z I think that the blue jays are clearly trying to drive a threat away from them and out of their territory. What an orphan owl taught an ecologist about bird intelligence 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Never before had he been harassed by squirrels, and noisy blue jays and streetwise crows. Why We Love Flaco 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z In the name of deeper discovery, Strassmann combed the scientific literature and profiled 16 household-name species, including the Northern cardinal and the blue jay. Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z A blue jay called; a red squirrel chittered. Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z I was named Jaylen after a basketball player, but I tell people I was named after the blue jay. ‘Miles Walked, Miles Driven’: This Year’s College Essays About Money 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z I think that Alfie felt threatened, which she was, because the blue jays are about the same size as a screech owl. What an orphan owl taught an ecologist about bird intelligence 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z For example, the blue jay is endemic to North America, while the Barton Springs salamander is endemic to the mouth of one spring in Austin, Texas. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Another loudmouth, the blue jay, has a particular taste for acorns, which inspired one of Strassmann’s slow-birder exercises: Go look for acorns beneath an oak in your garden or park. Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z It was a fledgling, a blue jay we think. Perspective | The drama and delight of nature in a suburban yard 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Many different birds frequent the area around Beth Hughitt’s Luray, Va., home: eagles, hummingbirds, orioles, bluebirds, blue jays, goldfinches, swallows, all kinds of woodpeckers — and mourning doves. Perspective | Winged victory: Readers stick up for the lowly mourning dove 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Aidan swears that his dad has taken to inhabiting blue jays to keep watch over him. For children who lost a parent, the pandemic pain will never end 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Just two songbird species have tested positive: blue jays and crows. Record avian flu outbreak is threatening North America’s birds. Is the virus here to stay? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z I listen to the bird calls of blue jays and Northern cardinals and think only of them. ‘As the Adjustment Was Being Made, I Tapped the Woman on the Shoulder’ 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z When the crow settled on a roof nearby, an adult blue jay sat a few yards away squawking miserably. Perspective | The drama and delight of nature in a suburban yard 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z It features animals such as white-tailed deer, jackrabbit, alligator snapping turtle, lake sturgeon, blue jay and roseate spoonbill. Exeter University research: 'Gamers learn about nature' 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z So far, most cases involve just four species—common grackles, blue jays, American robins, and European starlings—according to a 2 July statement from the U.S. Songbirds are mysteriously dying across the eastern U.S. Scientists are scrambling to find out why 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z She said the ailment appears to be confined only to birds, not other animals, and to fledglings of two species, grackles and blue jays. Public urged to stop feeding birds as scientists hunt cause of mysterious ailment 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z For most common backyard birds in North America, such as the goldfinch, blue jay, robin, hummingbird, cardinal and sparrow, their diet consists of nuts, seeds, fruit and nectar. Become an Outdoor Scientist 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z A blue jay died in our yard a few weeks ago. Perspective | Birds are going blind in the Washington region, and wildlife experts don’t know why 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Around the time of the fish kills, residents reported some dead blue jays and a dead raccoon in the area, but officials are not sure if they were connected to the fish. Officials: Thousands of fish die in residential ponds 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Forest Service, found that populations of red-bellied woodpeckers, brown-headed cowbirds, blue jays and common grackles increased significantly one to three years after cicada emergences and that their populations then dropped back down to normal. Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The most free-spirited in their dining habits might be Butternut, a blue jay that flies freely in the wetlands dome. How the Florida Aquarium feeds 8,000 animals a day 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z A backyard apple tree with fallen fruit or an oak with its acorns are productive autumn locations, inviting everyone from squirrels to deer, blue jays and turkeys. Why You Need a Wildlife Camera 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z A feeder with perches spacious enough for large birds, filled with a wild bird food blend that is rich with nuts, fruit and sunflower seeds, will attract cardinals, blue jays, grackles and other big birds. Get the Birds To Come To You 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z He delighted in feeding the California quail, peacocks, blue jays — and foxes in the evenings. A Vow of Silence, a Cabin in the Woods, a Terrible Wildfire 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z And, of course, the next time I went outside blue jays were everywhere. ‘I can't even enjoy this.’ #BlackBirdersWeek organizer shares her struggles as a black scientist 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z And she was like, “Yeah, they make that sound. All the little birds fly away from the feeder, and then the blue jays come down and eat the food at the feeder.” Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Through the winter months, there are occasional glimpses of blue jays and the red of woodpeckers, but by and large, grays, browns and blacks are the color of the season. Spring bird migration restores color to gray world 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Soon blue jays, cardinals, grackles and others will arrive. Get the Birds To Come To You 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z During an hour-long conversation, his eye keeps wandering to the small garden where morning doves, house sparrows, cardinals, blue jays and “a hopefully limited number of pigeons” come and go. Craigslist's Craig Newmark: 'Outrage is profitable. Most online outrage is faked for profit' 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Baker’s poems depend on long acquaintance with a small place, where year-over-year comparison makes even the arrival of a feeding monarch or a nagging blue jay a standout event. Poetry That Bears Witness to a Changing Natural World 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z I couldn't believe it; I didn’t even know that I’d never seen a blue jay until that moment. Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Still, it provoked endearing bafflement among commentators at the time, who likened its “piston-like motions” to “baffled bird keepers fighting off a flock of attacking blue jays”. The greatest pop music dance crazes – ranked! 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z This teenage blue jay would be reserved, that one bold, this sparrow shy and that one aggressive. We Have Souls, and So Do Crows 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Female sharp shins are larger than their male counterparts, but neither is truly large; a male sharp shin is only slightly larger than an average blue jay. Little Terror of the Flyway 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Today a blue jay hopped along the shore near where a beaver had built a lodge of alder limbs. In Northern Minnesota, Two Economies Square Off: Mining vs. Wilderness 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z And my professor was like, “That's a blue jay, by the way.” Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The organization is not licensed by the state to rehabilitate songbirds such as robins or blue jays, or waterfowl such as geese and ducks. Indiana group believes predatory birds need to be saved too 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Yet somehow, I was straining to hear Patrick Reed's post-round interview over the chirping of a blue jay. U.S. Open 2017: Saturday's winners & losers from Erin Hills - Golf Digest 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z I loved and was so touched by your story about blue jay. Starting Over With a New Foster Child 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But few would call a blue jay musical. The Blue Jay Way 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z And the blue jay popped up, and I was like, “That’s a blue jay?!” Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z How many of us have watched a possum “play possum” or a goshawk swoop after a blue jay? Feeling My Way Into Blindness 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Among the cat victims were mourning doves, blue jays, cottontail rabbits, southern flying squirrels and rarer animals, such as purple gallinules, a kind of water bird. A wildlife rehab center confirms that cats are killers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z This endangered member of the cricket family is found only in New Zealand and can weigh as much as 2.5 ounces; that’s the size of a small blue jay. What Was the Biggest Insect That Ever Lived? Where you find larger trees, particularly older oaks, you will find blue jays. The Blue Jay Way 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Another of the island’s endemics, a blue jay called the island scrub jay, featured short, stubby wings and was bad at flying. On Santa Cruz Island, they killed the cows, sheep, and bees. Now it’s time to finish the job 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z He says they’re looking for “perching birds” such as crows, blue jays, starlings, robins, cardinals and mockingbirds. Illinois officials seeking dead birds for West Nile tracking 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Not only do we get all manner of birds — cardinals, blue jays, goldfinches, nuthatches and, yes, woodpeckers — we also get mammals that are eager to vacuum up spilled seed. What is attacking side-view mirrors in this suburban Md. neighborhood? 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The falcons are bird-eating raptors and will eat pigeons, blue jays and morning doves. Biologists studying birds’ longevity, survival, genetics 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Many people find it surprising that the common blue jay is classified as a songbird. The Blue Jay Way 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Eurasian jays are relatives of our blue jays and scrub jays here in the United States. Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment Some birds, like blue jays at the feeder, seem to enjoy chasing off chickadees and sparrows. ‘Dinosaurs Among Us’ Retraces an Evolutionary Path 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z On another occasion, the eagle seemed upset by the presence of a much smaller blue jay. Cameras peek into lives of eagles nesting in region 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z Common among the count included the thousands of northern cardinals, blue jays and American goldfinches that frequent birdfeeders and serenade gardens year-round in the United States. Experience Science: Count Birds From Your Backyard 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z For instance, blue jays will start arriving in our region this week, sticking around until the middle of October. New York Today: Our Feathered Friends 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z He welcomes the blue jays, cardinals and other birds and squirrels that show up. Omaha man gets warning about feeding birds 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z As the name suggests, these warblers are at least as common, and at least as colorful, as blue jays, goldfinches and cardinals. Common Yellowthroat Warbler: A Bandit in the Bramble 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The earliest risers in the city are blue jays, mockingbirds, starlings and mourning doves, who warm up for the main act, house sparrows. New York Today: The Heat Is (Almost) Off 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In January, three of his detailed creations - a blue jay, hummingbird and robin - were commissioned by Lego. 'Lego birdman' Thomas Poulsom creates flamingo for Slimbridge show - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The first to rise are blue jays, mockingbirds, starlings and mourning doves, he said. New York Today: Early Birds 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Native species beyond cardinals, blue jays and sparrows would be more prevalent with more habitat variety , and it’s simple to add a native fruiting shrub or a patch of native wildflowers in back yards. How to help native bird species take flight in the District My bird feeder is long gone, but my front lawn is a magnet for cardinals, blue jays and robins, as well as crows and sparrows. Former Marriott architect finds relaxation, and a living, in backyard bird feeding A correction to my Monday column: While blue jays and crows are corvids, common grackles are not. Pushing the envelope in the book club world Migrating birds are more vulnerable to such crashes than resident species, like house sparrows, blue jays and cardinals. Researchers Hope Bird-Friendly Glass Can Help Reduce Migration Deaths 2014-05-13T14:46:54Z Reaching heights of 40 meters and growing two meters around the middle, American chestnuts were home to squirrels, chipmunks, blue jays and scores of benign burrowing insects. A New Generation of American Chestnut Trees May Redefine America's Forests 2014-03-01T13:30:00Z The orioles, blue jays and maybe a cardinal or two that were living in Napoli’s beard — which he said will survive into next season and beyond — flew south for the winter. 2013: A Look Back, and Beyond: Championship Beards, Well Before a Series Victory 2013-12-24T21:30:28Z I was walking my dog and all of a sudden a squirrel rushed out of the yard next to us with a blue jay in hot pursuit. The inspiration of an opera singer with donated lungs 2013-06-03T19:48:16Z Almost always, parent birds are nearby and are much better equipped at raising and protecting a young blue jay than humans. Blue jays: Nature’s helicopter parents 2013-05-27T21:13:20Z And captive Northern blue jays, which are not tool-users in the wild, have shredded newspaper to use as rakes for retrieving food pellets. The Innovative Cockatoo: Figaro Invents, Makes, and Uses a Tool 2012-11-05T19:30:17Z American robins and blue jays bicker in the trees. City Room: Spring Time: Tangling With an Invasive Rose 2012-06-14T17:19:23Z They are black and about the size of a blue jay. City Room: Answers From Gary Braness: How Do I Deal With Pests? 2012-05-25T17:10:46Z There were plenty of species at street level as well: blue jays, cardinals, American crows, Eastern phoebes, killdeer, loggerhead shrike, kestrel falcons, bronzed cowbirds and, rarest of all, an open-ground woodpecker. The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Gives New Meaning to ?Urban Growth? 2012-03-22T13:27:22Z And February needs her blue jays’ unwearied and conquering faith. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z What Ursa Major thus profoundly observes of mankind, from China to Peru, might be applied with special force to the blue jay, at least to those jays that come into the world. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Its descendants — which are called tetrapods and include tree frogs, blue jays and human beings — typically get around by stepping, flying or jumping. Observatory: African Lungfish Study Indicates That Walking Evolved in the Water 2011-12-19T21:07:24Z A blue jay flaps away, the tips of its wings resembling spread fingers. City Room: Visiting a Manhattan Forest at Its Most Elemental 2011-12-16T16:59:10Z It will probably surprise you to know that the gaily colored blue jay belongs to the same family as the dusky crow. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z Starling and blue jay stay awhile to oblige with their clatter to the dawn. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z “I fear,” says one amiable and authoritative writer on bird life, “that the blue jay is a reprobate”; and in this opinion most authorities concur. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z And February needs her blue jays' unwearied and conquering faith. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z How different from a roving flock of screaming, boisterous blue jays! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The blue jay seems to take positive pleasure in teasing other birds; he is noisy and reckless; he nests usually in the crotch of a tree from ten to twenty feet high. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z She had put her hand into a hollow in a branch of a cherry-tree where was a blue jay’s nest, to take eggs as she thought. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z In the midst of a flock of sparrows forty or more in number, all hopping about distractedly but none daring to attack him, stood a big blue jay with his crest militantly erect. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z There is angry chatter from a clutch of blue jays. City Room: Autumn Unfolds:Damage Below, but Better News Above 2011-11-04T15:00:19Z Two close relatives there are which, like the poor, are always with us—the crow and the blue jay. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Among the calls of crows, warblers and ever-present blue jays, I think I hear the burr of a cicada. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: The Air Itself Feels Alive 2011-10-28T16:43:31Z I have seen a blue jay—a very noisy and chattering bird—discover an owl sitting in his hiding-place, and immediately summon a flock of his feathered fraternity to his assistance. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z But with the intrepidity of a new Congressman delivering a speech in the Record, I dare assert, “without fear of successful contradiction,” that the blue jay is among the most intelligent of feathered bipeds. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The report of the two barrels was so loud and close that it made us duck; but the blue jay sat unmoved. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Shocking stories of murder in the song bird's nest have branded the blue jay with quite as bad a name as the crow's. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Out in the yard the blue jays and woodpeckers were quarrelling over the late apples heaped up by the cider mill. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z You give fine sketch of bird and fowl, Of the blue jay and the plover, And of great white Canadian owl, All proves of nature you're a lover. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z Presently a blue jay with something white in its beak alighted upon the twisted limb of a maple not a rod from the window, and began a close inspection of the rough bark. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z My brothers blame the blue jay that got inside the house when we were little, but I don’t look for any psychological or ideological explanations. | Feathered Fiends 2011-05-06T11:18:55Z You remember that the blue jay has the thrifty habit of storing nuts for the proverbial rainy day, and that the shrike hangs up his meat to cure on a thorn tree like a butcher. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The grasshoppers were chirruping in the little timothy field hard by, and over in a bit of woodland pasture a swarm of blue jays were worrying a crow, keeping up an incessant squeaking and chattering. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z The woodchucks and chipmunks, the blue jays and the hawks, all look in at me while I am at work. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The ambient air was too full of a shrapnel burst of screaming, darting, pecking, whirling, shrieking blue jay. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z A very small blue jay, a silver grey or "hedgehog fly," with a small black one ribbed with silver, are all good for this stream. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Remains of young birds were found in only two out of nearly three hundred blue jays' stomachs analysed. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Was it significant of anything that a blue jay fluttered for a moment right over the crier's head just at the point of his detaching some glittering object from the contents of the box? Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z It also offers information bubbles highlighting different place names, local landmarks and tourist attractions like schools and botanical gardens, and photos of native fauna, like a blue jay. Slipstream: When the Data Struts Its Stuff 2011-04-02T17:42:23Z As the head of a family the blue jay is exemplary. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Once in heaven, the blue jay flapped his wings and rolled the children off and told them he had to leave them for a short time to report what he had done on the earth. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z A kingbird doesn't like the scolding catbird for a neighbour, or the teasing blue jay, or the meddlesome English sparrow, but he simply gives them a wide berth. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z By day the jarring yet cheering cry of the blue jay and the red cardinal; the mewing of the catbird, or the “hew-hew” of hawk in pursuit of his victim. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Orioles, robins, blue jays, larks: a perfect medley of rollicking song flew by on joyous wing. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z But the fierce detractors of the blue jay will doubtless scoff at this as evidence of a sometimes resolute daring. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The children now felt hungry and said they would go and seek for something to eat, as the blue jay had failed to return to help them find bread. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Five little teasers get no dinner from Mamma blue jay. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Never again, if he heard a blue jay screech, would he have to waken and look for it. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z The blue jays screamed without wrath, and the partridges drummed unmartially. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Who has not watched the blue jay skulking off to hide an acorn where he will be sure to forget it? The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z In other places the people were too busy shoveling snow to bother with the blue jay’s berry and they remained frozen still. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Not afraid of the camera: baby blue jay out for their first airing. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Brown snakes provide a valuable food supply for predators including crows, hawks and blue jays. Q & A: Goodness, Snakes! 2010-08-23T20:39:00Z “I’ve always loved birds, wild birds, doves and pigeons and starlings, mountain blue jays,” she said. Following a Script to Escape a Nightmare 2010-07-26T22:48:00Z One Thursday afternoon, Timothy Carton, his English teacher, filled his brightly colored classroom with choruses of bird calls, the chirps of cardinals and blue jays causing Donovan to sing back. Schools Struggle Over How to Teach Disabled People 2010-06-20T01:43:00Z The blue jay flew over the other houses and dropped a berry down each smoke-hole. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z Does the teasing blue jay imitate the call for the fun of frightening little birds? Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z The jerseys still said Phillies, but each player wore a blue jay patch on his left sleeve. Extra Bases: Diamondbacks? Struggles Make Promise a Memory 2010-06-19T14:01:00Z Deer, turtles, foxes, woodchucks, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, moose, beavers, trout, bass, hawks, blue heron, eagles, geese, ducks, robins, blue jays, toads, armadillos, turkeys, otters, gophers, lizards, butterflies and even alligators. Twelve Reasons Golf Is the Greatest 2010-05-31T03:09:00Z At their old house, Mrs. Moore said, she watched blue jays and cardinals fly past her back porch. On Bronx Stoops, a Highway Hell Entertains 2010-04-02T01:27:00Z When first watching the nest the small pair put me on their list of enemies, along with small boys, blue jays, and owls. A-Birding on a Bronco He took to his glossy wings and, within five minutes, the oak hard by was alive with our whole colony of blue jays, all eying that box and deep in agitated discussion. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road While the squirrels, chipmunks, and blue jays, and all other small watchers and warners of danger coming, or to come, perched on shady look-out points, and blinked their eyes a little in the drowsy warmth. Dusty Star My trees are troubled with root aphis; my apples are bothered by codling-moth, gouger, and blue jays. The Apple Anyway, there lies Little Zeke, a long time asleep, wrapped in cerements of fine woven cloth with fluffy-ruffles and fol-de-rols of woven blue jay and bluebird and hummingbird feathers round his neck. Through Our Unknown Southwest The blue jay was chosen to scream in the ears of the animal players, and the humming bird to fly in their eyes. Two Indian Children of Long Ago The blue jays were routed quite by accident. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Sweet old forest days!—when blue jay, and yellow hammer, and bobalink made his leaves merry, and summer was a long opera of such music as Mozart dimly dreamed. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The nestle was a blue jay, and the euthuma was a sparrow. Betty Wales Freshman When at last the clarin and the blue jay were left nearly alone in the room, I noticed that the clarin began watching with interest the movements of the jay. Upon The Tree-Tops On the other hand, the blue jay is a thief, a mocker and a murderer. Old Plymouth Trails Baby blue jays, for example, seem to have an unlimited appetite. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road I gave her strings of pretty beads and a tiny fan of blue jay's feathers. Fairy Tales from the German Forests “Well, suffering blue jays, if it isn’t old Spotted Face!” exclaimed Bruce. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass Every spring I see the robins mobbing the blue jays that go sneaking through the trees looking for eggs. Ways of Nature With them the blue jays blew trumpets and clanged bells, the woodpeckers drummed and shrieked and crows and chewinks added to the clamor. Old Plymouth Trails Sigurd instinctively understood that the little birds were guests—to the English sparrows he gave the benefit of the doubt—and that the blue jays and squirrels were intruders. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road I can step right over your little robins and meadow larks and blue jays and not touch them. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 “I don’t think it’s wise to eat from this ferret’s magic hat,” said the blue jay. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection And the blue jay never learned to sing "the sweet gurgling roulade of the wild jays," though it gave the blue jay call correctly. Ways of Nature To me the first warning of the passing of summer comes in the tin-trumpet notes of the blue jays. Old Plymouth Trails This vociferous warning that no trespassers were allowed sufficed for the blue jays, who would flap sullenly away, but the squirrels were quick to learn that a bark was not a bite. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road A winter lunch counter spread with suet, nuts, hemp seed, meat, and crumbs will attract nuthatches, chickadees, downy and hairy woodpeckers, creepers, blue jays, etc. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The animals worked all day without anything to eat, except for the blue jay and hawk who dug for worms. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection The peevish catbird and the blue jay grumble, while the thrush, the dove, and the redbird peep caressingly to their mates, and again fall asleep with gurgles of contentment in their throats. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties I know very well it is a convention composed of blue jays or flickers, but it is not so easy to tell which until I slip up and surprise them at it. Old Plymouth Trails Now go quickly, for rather would I die than live like the feather-brained blue jay.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales I will also exchange a chimney-swallow's egg for the egg of any bird except a robin, blue jay, or chipping sparrow. Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly About this time the hawk and the blue jay came to see what had made all the noise. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection "Were there Canada birds an' blue jays there, too?" Treasure Valley For all that, I rather like the blue jay. Old Plymouth Trails The Owl received back her wisdom, and I can tell you that she soon sent the saucy blue jay packing. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales I have seen woodpeckers, orioles, lots of robins and blue jays, brown thrushes, and bluebirds. Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Within a short flight were many bits of woodland where a crow might get a good living and not be bothered by blue jays. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Through the frosty radiance of sunrise a blue jay screamed. The Dark Star Up in the pines a blue jay clamors with the same clarion ring in his tones. Old Plymouth Trails The saucy blue jay stood back and mocked her. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales A blue jay just over their heads bobbed up and down on a limber branch, waiting for them to go. The Arkansaw Bear A Tale of Fanciful Adventure And when he told his father, later, how a big blue jay had tried to whip the new weather-vane and a pair of robins as well, Farmer Green threw back his head and laughed loudly. The Tale of Jolly Robin And Gavin was emboldened to gather a little blossom of the blue jay and hand it to her shyly. In Orchard Glen While the nesting season is on the blue jay is as dumb as an oyster. Old Plymouth Trails The blue jay stands by us, of course. Birds in the Bush I got my hint by the accident of some shelled corn being left on the ground before my window, and so attracting a four o'clock party, consisting of blackbirds, blue jays, and doves. A Bird-Lover in the West And four blue jays stayed there all the year, and the crows stayed, of course, but they didn't live in those woods especially. The Doers A blue jay flashed through the golden silence waking the echoes with his noisy laughter and the flickers high up in the dead stumps called jeeringly to each other. In Orchard Glen It is not until the young are well grown, the moulting season is over and the summer pretty nearly the same that any blue jay gets his voice. Old Plymouth Trails We know that the behavior of the blue jay varies greatly in different parts of the country, in consequence of the different treatment which he receives. Birds in the Bush The blue jay's manner of getting over the ground was peculiar, and especially his way of leaving it. A Bird-Lover in the West I have often been impressed and amused by the blue jay's habit in this respect. The Foot-path Way He wanted to tell her that the fire-weed was like her cheeks and the blue jay like her eyes, but he could not. In Orchard Glen You may not have seen a blue jay in the woods for months. Old Plymouth Trails The blue jay and the crow know too much to be caught in such a place, although one may often enough see the latter passing overhead. Birds in the Bush Even a blue jay's life is to him as precious as ours to us, and who shall say that it is not as useful as many of ours in the great plan? A Bird-Lover in the West "There's blue jays a-plenty up in the wood lot," said the farmer's boy, hearing me lament my unsuccessful search for that wily bird. Little Brothers of the Air A hat-tree in the corner had, perched upon it, a stuffed crow, a hawk and a blue jay with bright glass eyes. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine The worst of these are the cougar or mountain lion, wild cat, lynx, wolves, and coyotes; the blue jay, butcher bird, and several of the hawks and owls. Conservation Reader You may possibly walk to Brookline and back without hearing a chickadee, or a blue jay, or even a goldfinch; but you will never miss sight and sound of the crows. Birds in the Bush On one occasion a strange blue jay flew up to the nest in the pine. A Bird-Lover in the West Bright colours are still scarce among our birds, but another blue form may occasionally pass us, for blue jays are more noticeable now than at any other time of the year. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year In his coat of light blue, trimmed with white and black, bearing his crest jauntily atop of his head, the blue jay presents an attractive picture. Our Bird Comrades The turn of the blue jay came next. Conservation Reader Sunny was so pleased with this idea that he gave a little shout and threw his cap up into the air, which so alarmed the blue jay that it quickly flew away. Sunny Boy in the Country This morning I was sitting quietly under a spruce-tree, when three blue jays came flying toward me with noise and outcries, evidently in excitement over something. A Bird-Lover in the West A single pair of blue jays nest in the Park, but the English starling occupies every box which is put up and bids fair to be as great or a greater nuisance than the sparrow. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year An important question, therefore, from more than one point of view is: Should we ever kill the blue jay? Our Bird Comrades A member of my family saw a blue jay leave half of a black walnut in the forks of several small branches. Seed Dispersal The bird sounds which attract attention during the winter are the cheerful notes of the chickadee, the bold clarion call of the blue jay, and the sharp tap, tap, tap, of the downy woodpecker. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Whether the blue jay really had touched one, or it was a mere false alarm on the part of the very excitable catbirds, I could not tell. A Bird-Lover in the West If his eye found a feather it was on the back of the scarlet tanager or the blue jay. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Has any one ever seen other birds driving the cowbird away from their breeding precincts, or charging him with desperate courage, as they do the blue jays, the hawks, the owls, and other predatory species? Our Bird Comrades At once they were discovered by a blue jay, which picked out a nut at a time, flew away, held the nut between its toes, cracked it from the small end, and ate the contents. Seed Dispersal Why does the hardy and almost ubiquitous blue jay studiously avoid the western plains and mountains? Birds of the Rockies Into that retired corner came the cries of flicker and blue jay from the high ground beyond. A Bird-Lover in the West There was a flash of flame against the green, but it was only a scarlet tanager that shot past, then a flash of blue, but it was only a blue jay. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Suddenly a blue jay came flying over from one of the trees of an adjacent yard, moving in a rapid, stealthy way. Our Bird Comrades Woodpeckers and blue jays place beechnuts and small acorns in the crevices of bark on standing trees. Seed Dispersal Suppose an eastern blue jay should be carried to the top of Pike's Peak, or Gray's, and then set free, how would he fare? Birds of the Rockies The parents had nothing like the work of the robin, oriole, or blue jay. A Bird-Lover in the West Now and then birds, fleet of wing, flashed across its expanse, and a blue jay chattered at intervals in a near tree. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Mr. Beal's conclusion is put in the following sentence, which closes his valuable monograph: "In fact, the examination of nearly three hundred stomachs shows that the blue jay does far more good than harm." Our Bird Comrades A blue jay, with ruffled feathers—a huge, blue ball in the air—rocketed across from the elm, and established himself near the squirrel, and they swore at each other like coachmen. All the Brothers Were Valiant On reaching Colorado one is surprised to find none of our common blue jays which are so abundant in the Eastern and Middle States. Birds of the Rockies When some aspiring scientist is ready to study the language of birds, I advise him to experiment with the blue jay. A Bird-Lover in the West It was a titanic contest to the blue jay, two monstrous giants fighting to the death. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The blue jay is also a plucky bird, as I discovered one day not so very long ago. Our Bird Comrades Now, in the desolate dawn, Crying of blue jays. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany It is probably the combination of the blue jay and squirrel, this time. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 I went to New England, and blue jays disappeared as if by magic; I turned my steps to the Rocky Mountains, and the whole tribe betook itself to the inaccessible hills. A Bird-Lover in the West All the other forest people had fled away in terror, but the empty-headed blue jay, held by the terrible fascination, remained on his bough, watching with dilated eyes. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" My comical pet blue jay gave proof of the need of parental training. Our Bird Comrades “That blue jay is teasing my little wrens!” The Tale of Rusty Wren I have seen blue jays start off with chestnuts and the nearest trees they could reach were willows one-fourth mile or further away. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 I had not watched the blue jays long before I was struck with the peculiar character of the feathered world about me, the strange absence of small birds. A Bird-Lover in the West Henry, as he whirled about, caught one dim glimpse of a blue jay, the same that had chattered so much in his idle joy, sitting on a bough and staring at the struggling two. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" There are birds that send a kind of guttural sound from their throats, such as the cuckoos and occasionally the blue jays. Our Bird Comrades A blue jay lit on a branch over his head and looked impudently down. The Rapids No trouble for the blue jay to travel some distance and put his acorn in a bark crevice of cottonwood or willow tree. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 But when those birds departed, and the visitors were of a different character, mostly cardinals, with an occasional blue jay, he at once took the place he felt belonged to him—that of dictator. A Bird-Lover in the West The blue jay's eyes grew bigger and bigger as he watched a struggle such as he had never beheld before. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Squirrels and white-footed mice, crows and blue jays are full of enthusiasm for the nuts, and they will assume the responsibility of gathering the crop if the matter is left in their charge. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. "Oh, it's a blue jay!" exclaimed Janet, as she ran to the top of the hill to see what had happened to William. The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays Some were parrots, some blue jays, some singing birds that flew around and sang their sweet songs. Thirty Indian Legends The blue jay flew down from the nest across the yard, and another came from behind the house; both perched near and stared at him, and then began to talk in low tones. A Bird-Lover in the West But this made no impression upon him, because he was only a blue jay with only a blue jay's tiny brain. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" They are accused, and with some justice, of sucking the eggs of other birds,—like the crow, blue jay, and other pillagers. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Perhaps the sudden cry of the blue jay had made Trouble give a nervous jump and this had thrown him off his balance, causing him to fall. The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays Two squirrels chased each other around a big maple, and a blue jay looked on and commented. Jewel Weed Should we characterize it as a blue jay neighborhood or a blackbird neighborhood? A Bird-Lover in the West The blue jay was exactly like its namesake in the States. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Among the birds, Professor Hind mentions prairie-hens, plovers, various ducks, loons, and other aquatic birds, besides the partridge, quail, whip-poor-will, hairy woodpecker, Canadian jay, blue jay, Indian hen, and woodcock. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America After a while I could see the birds flying up from the thicket, and the screaming of the blue jay indicated to me the progress of the “surround.” The Scalp Hunters Number 5 to 7 Robin, blue jay, flicker. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration There is nothing demure about the blue jay, let me hasten to say, except his vest; there is no pretension about him. A Bird-Lover in the West A cat killed a cardinal, and a blue jay killed a grosbeak. Mistress Anne A species of cacique—of which there are several—like the blue jay of the northern part of the continent, is celebrated for its imitative powers. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The wild-wood songsters appear to echo it, as if mockingly; the blue jay, and red cardinal, seem scolding him for intrusion on their domain! The Death Shot A Story Retold Then it was lined with grass, horse hair, a blue jay's feather, some hen's feathers, and some cottony material like lint. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State After tea, as I was congratulating myself that they were all safely out in the world, without accident, suddenly there arose a terrible outcry, robin and blue jay voices in chorus. A Bird-Lover in the West “Now I shall keep still and see everything that comes,” I thought, “and nothing, not even a blue jay, will see me.” Wood Folk at School The priest ties strips of tiger-skin to his arms, and the feathers of the peacock and blue jay to his waist, and jumps about pretending to be a tiger. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II Back in the forest the crows and the blue jays were waging a bitter squallish conflict, and here and there weary toilers among the yellow grain dropped their scythes to watch the canoes drifting by. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters And Jasper usually preferred a nutting party of a dozen blue jays. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales Some time after the blue jay family had taken to roaming about the grounds, I had a pleasing little interview with one of them in the raspberry patch. A Bird-Lover in the West Among the first to arrive will probably be the blue jay, chickadee, or black-capped titmouse, and one or more of the woodpeckers. Bird Day; How to prepare for it The blue jay, perched upon that bronze, with bright unweeting eyes, Could never read the names that signed The noblest charter of mankind; But all of them were names we knew beneath our English skies. The New Morning Poems There were others to be fed—blue jays, chickadees, sparrows, and crows; and then a flock of pheasants. Peggy in Her Blue Frock Unless he had other business that was more urgent he was always ready to join a troop of noisy blue jays bent on some mischief. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales The blue jay himself pointed it out to me; unconsciously, however, for he did not notice me in my distant window. A Bird-Lover in the West The blue jay by his striking appearance and outlandish voice challenges attention. Bird Day; How to prepare for it When he dropped the third time his voice rang in so loud and merry a laugh that two blue jays came and scolded him terrifically, and he laughed at them till his tears ran. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The air rang with the blue jay's chatter, a robin showed his tawny breast among the withered grasses, and a flicker on a dead stump bobbed his little red-barred head and fluttered his yellow wings. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. One day when Jasper was on his way to Farmer Green's place, he happened to meet a blue jay friend of his known as Noisy Jake, because he was not very quiet. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales The blue jay takes his life with the utmost seriousness, however it may strike a looker-on. A Bird-Lover in the West The blue jay is a most devoted parent, though not considered a good citizen by other birds. Bird Day; How to prepare for it The birds that had come trooping back from wintering in the south—robins and blue birds, blue jays and woodpeckers, larks and yellow hammers—made merry din in the morning air. The Short Cut And as for the robins, the blue jays, and all the small birds, they do more to save the growing plants, than all the soap suds and kerosene emulsion that were ever made. The Insect Folk And he was so cold that he looked uncommonly blue—even for a blue jay. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales Again one day, somewhat later, when blue jay and catbird babies were rather numerous, I saw a blue jay dive into a lilac bush much frequented by catbirds, young and old together. A Bird-Lover in the West A young friend of mine, by a good imitation of a blue jay's quack, finds many little woods' folks peering at him from the trees which he might not otherwise see. Bird Day; How to prepare for it A blue jay is gathering acorns overhead, letting one drop now and then to roll out of sight and be planted under the mat of leaves. The Hills of Hingham But the blue jays were prepared for this, and they kept well beyond his reach. Bumper, The White Rabbit Those thirteen blue jays, however, knew that they had little to fear from the solemn old chap, so long as they kept out of reach of his claws. p. The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales There was that loud-mouthed fellow, Jasper Jay, the biggest blue jay in the whole neighborhood. The Tale of Frisky Squirrel The nest of the blue jay is large and clumsily made, and is placed high in the branches of tall trees, the cedar being preferred. Bird Day; How to prepare for it They are not unlike the blue jay in their calls and shrieks, though they have some notes of their own that are of a quieter, softer tone. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Foxes robbed birds' nests whenever they got a chance, and the blue jays knew this. Bumper, The White Rabbit But all the blessed company of mere songbirds, warblers, robins, thrushes, orioles, with nuthatches, chickadees, blue jays, woodpeckers, etc., counted only one head each. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth As likely as not a pair of blue jays has elected to rear a brood of young hopefuls in the chimney or in a hole in the roof. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Sometimes it is a loud kee-uk, like the scream of a blue jay divided into two syllables, with the accent on the last. Ways of Wood Folk The oaks, hickories, walnuts, butternuts, hazelnuts, trust their fruits to the feet of passersby and to the squirrels and blue jays which fail to find many of their buried acorns and nuts. Some Winter Days in Iowa The blue jays were equally relieved in mind, and once more returned to their home to guard it against invasion. Bumper, The White Rabbit The handsome and notorious blue jay plunders the nests of other birds and of course he could not trust us. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth Some human beings may fail to notice the courtship of the king-crow, but none can be so deaf and blind as to miss the love-making of the gorgeous roller or blue jay. A Bird Calendar for Northern India He had never seen a man before, and he was as curious about it as a blue jay. Ways of Wood Folk The blue jays scolded harshly among the thickets, and a meadow lark perched on a black stump near at hand, warbling his throaty song. The Hidden Places Once there was a discordant screech from the evergreens, but it was only a brilliant blue jay with crest erect, scolding at them. Days of the Discoverers The blue jays scream from the roadside oaks, and the last of the blue and purple asters shiver along the wall. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons The blue jays were calling and flying in low horizontal flights. The Mormon Prophet But the blue jay only kept up his squawking, passing the news on to his brethren until the forest rang with word of their approach. The Puritan Twins Sometimes, up above, where the fiery points of redbud trees shot skyward, a thrush sang or a blue jay scolded—and the bird-notes were laden, like the air, with the primal ripeness of spring. The Voice of the People The blue jays were going to remain behind, for the winters which we dreaded so much had no terrors for them. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird There was a loon on the Big Squattuk lake, where I camped one summer, which was full of inquisitiveness as a blue jay. Wilderness Ways Robins and wrens, orioles and mocking-birds, blue jays and jackdaws, thrushes and blue-birds and cardinals, all were busy house-building; one heard calls and answers, saw flashes of painted wings, followed by outbursts of ecstasy. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man There it lies still and little the worse—blue jay feather and all. The Torch and Other Tales Nilakantha here implies the peacock and not the blue jay, for the word keka is applied to the notes of the peacock alone. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 All nature dons a cool green coat, Soft breezes blow and white clouds float; The blue jay screams his piercing note. Clear Crystals But there was no answer except from the blue jays that piped out their shrill call in the tall trees. The Log School-House on the Columbia Squirrels chattered at them, and a blue jay hung about, squalling, evidently hoping for crumbs from their lunch. Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund Boys, boys!" she called in a high, quavering voice, "don't shoot the blue jays. Buffalo Roost Do you know, I heard a blue jay laughing up there this morning. The Lamp in the Desert The brown thrush, rival of the lark and mockingbird, seldom seeks the society of the blue jay. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors The incessant tapping of the woodpeckers, and the discordant shriek of the blue jay, are heard from sunrise to sunset, as soon as the spring is fairly set in. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America The crow and blue jay belong to the singers, you will be surprised to hear. Stories of California The harsh note of the blue jay is heard from Tahoe Tavern, all around the Lake and in almost every wooded slope in the Sierras. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter In the acacia boughs above them the blue jay suddenly uttered a rippling laugh of sheer joy and flew away. The Lamp in the Desert Many birds, like the English sparrow and the blue jay, quarrel all day long. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors The idea of putting a blue jay into a plum-tree is simply shocking! Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Through the woods one hears the blue jay scream and chatter, and the tap, tap of the woodpecker as he drills holes in the bark to fill with acorns for his winter store. Stories of California It appeared that he had always longed for a stuffed blue jay. The Wrong Twin Down by the gate the blue jay laughed again, laughed and flew away. The Lamp in the Desert He is too much of a gentleman to quarrel with a rowdy like the blue jay. Round Anvil Rock A Romance I always thought thee an ugly little man, and fat -- fat as the cows at calving time; and now thou art like a blue jay when he spreads his tail out. Allan Quatermain I afterwards heard a similar song sung by a wild blue jay to his mate while she was sitting, and so I knew that my dear little captive had given me his sweetest—his love-song. Good Stories for Holidays Only when poised for its final spring upon the helpless prey was it seen that Mouser stalked the blue jay on its perch. The Wrong Twin The blue jay laughed at the gate as they entered, and Monck looked up, "Jeer away, you son of a satyr!" he said. The Lamp in the Desert The blue jays—as usual—were brazen in their ingratitude for any dole of commonplace crumbs, while spicy seeds were still strewn by every scented breeze. Round Anvil Rock A Romance Then a blue jay came chattering to ascertain what all the fuss was about, and the Harvester carried on a conversation that called up the remainder of the feathered tribe. The Harvester As they crossed the campus to the president's house a blue jay flew overhead, and a mocking bird trilled in a live oak near-by. Lo, Michael! The Wilbur twin here thrust the blue jay upon his father with cordial words. The Wrong Twin A blue jay had laughed after them at starting, and a blue jay was laughing now in the budding acacia by the gate. The Lamp in the Desert And then when he was lost to sight, she turned sharply on the boldest blue jay. Round Anvil Rock A Romance A blue jay perched above and tried to decide whether there was cause for an alarm signal. The Harvester Juan, merry and mischievous as a blue jay generally, is sober as he hovers on the outskirts of the little group of people. The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions Having made the judge uncomfortable, Dave rendered Winona so by a brief lecture upon organic evolution, with the blue jay as his text. The Wrong Twin The blue jay laughed at the gate gleefully, uproariously, derisively. The Lamp in the Desert The birds sat on the bare branches near the window waiting for their breakfast in ruffled impatience, the blue jay having done his best to call her to the window earlier. Round Anvil Rock A Romance The blue jay fills the forest with his classical and extremely au revoir melody, and the curculio crawls out of the plum-tree and files his bill. Remarks Red squirrels were scolding on the borders of the wood-lots, and blue jays came squalling into the orchards. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Then with his blue jay, his orange, his dog, he turned away. The Wrong Twin The blue jay laughed again in the acacia by the gate, laughed and flew away. The Lamp in the Desert One of the birds thus to escape was a blue jay of brilliant beauty. Roving East and Roving West Here were such peace and stillness that the cry of the blue jay seemed audacious; the dive of a gull into the smooth water was a startling event. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Its notes—such of them as I heard, that is— are mostly guttural, with little or nothing of the screaming quality which distinguishes the blue jay's voice. A Florida Sketch-Book His impoverished brother carried the blue jay, looking alert and lifelike in the open, the mammoth orange, gift for Mrs. Penniman—he had nearly forgotten her—and tenderly he led the dog, Frank. The Wrong Twin Being inquisitive as a blue jay, he investigated the rumors and gossip of the court, as well as the small affairs of his neighbors, and wrote them all down in his diary with evident interest. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World That is a question which no mother wolf could ever answer; for the wild animals, unlike dogs and blue jays and men, mind strictly their own business and pay no attention to other animals. Northern Trails, Book I. "We shall stay in camp until the blue jay comes," said the old chief, smiling, "and then seek the village of my people." Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin No more could I. "It was n't a blue jay, was it?" he asked. A Florida Sketch-Book Then, his eye roving to the loftier shelves, he spied remotely above him a stuffed blue jay mounted on a varnished branch of oak. The Wrong Twin Such are the crow, the blue jay, the chickadee, the partridge, and the quail, who may be called regular inhabitants, though perhaps all of them wander occasionally from one district to another. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 Troops of blue jays went in silly procession from tree to tree, and some of them came about the camp of the robbers and began feasting upon the morsels of fish and meat scattered around. The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp "What does the blue jay mean?" asked Ted, timidly, for he was very much in awe of this grave old man. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin Wild blue jays, too, like to stir up their neighbors. Types of Children's Literature "If they do," said Uncle Robert, "those blue jays must have forgotten." Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) That handsome bird, the blue jay, so wild at the East, is as tame and domestic as the robin in many parts of the West, because treated well. Nature's Serial Story How in the forest depths the blue jay called to him mockingly, and the kingbird, spreading his tail like a crimson pennant, beckoned him onward. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Kalitan said something in Thlinkit to his uncle, and the old chief, looking kindly at the boy, replied with, a nod: "I will tell you the story of the blue jay," he said. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin A friend told me of a small party of blue jays that she saw playing this kind of a joke on a flock of birds of several kinds, robins, catbirds, thrashers, and others. Types of Children's Literature That's the sparrow hawk's cry, but it's a blue jay that made it. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) The blue jay belongs to the crow family, and has all the brains of his black-coated and more sedate cousins. Nature's Serial Story On the instant a shrike, perched on the topmost spray of a maple above the house, set up a loud, harsh call or whistle, suggestive of certain notes of the blue jay. Locusts and Wild Honey But on the day when their last bit of food was gone, lo! something pecked at the top of the smoke-hole, and it sang 'Nuck-tee,' and it was a blue jay. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin Flossie and Freddie were too busy watching and listening to some blue jays in a tree overhead to pay attention to much else. The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West Jasper Jay was a very noisy blue jay who lived in the neighborhood. Sleepy-Time Tales: the Tale of Fatty Coon This morning there were robins, starlings, a pair of beautiful big blue jays, and, of course, the rusty little sparrows. Brother and Sister In size the shrike is a little inferior to the blue jay, with much the same form. Locusts and Wild Honey "That is how the Thlinkits came to our island, and so we say when the snow breaks, that now comes the blue jays." Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin "Why?" demanded a blue jay, angrily, while the others stopped their songs. American Fairy Tales There is also a Western chickadee, a Western chewink, a Western blue jay, a Western bluebird, a Western song sparrow, Western grouse, quail, hen-hawk, etc. Wake-Robin Many birds tenanted this grove, and were undisturbed by our movements, until Fritz fired and shot a beautiful blue jay, and a couple of parakeets, one a brilliant scarlet, the other green and gold. Swiss Family Robinson The little marble-top table on which rested a glass case holding a stuffed blue jay clutching a varnished limb: tail and eyes stretched beyond the reach of muscles. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields So in Vedic times the Hindoos of old sent consumption away with a blue jay. The Golden Bough Pooh!" exclaimed the blue jay, "we cannot be shot now, for we are stuffed. American Fairy Tales Up in a linden tree, a blue jay is crying "Salute me, salute me." See America First The "rover bird" so-called, the coroneted crane, the red and blue jays, the mocking-bird, the flycatcher, disappeared among the foliage of the immense trees, and all nature revealed symptoms of some approaching catastrophe. Five Weeks in a Balloon He heard the cheerful little chickadee; he saw the grave nuthatch with its appearance of a total lack of humor; he glimpsed a black-and-white woodpecker or so, and was reviled by a ribald blue jay. The Blazed Trail O consumption, fly away, fly away with the blue jay! The Golden Bough It was thought that this would encourage boys to kill blue jays for the hunter's license prize, value one dollar. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 Here and there were profound olive depths, over which the gray hawk hung lazily, and into which blue jays dipped. The Twins of Table Mountain A fearless blue jay alighted on the bank and made a prospecting peck at the tobacco pouch. Flip, a California romance Some claim that blue jays bring the seeds in their crops. The Blazed Trail But I did see birds, woodpeckers, blue jays, rain crows and robins flying into a certain rather small tree, and I knew what that meant at this time of year—a mulberry tree. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' Here he paused, and, cowering behind the fence, with extraordinary facial contortions produced a cry not unlike the scream of a blue jay. Openings in the Old Trail The blue jays squalled in the tree tops. To the Last Man The moment he was gone the blue jay went straight to the spot, seized a mouthful of nuts and flew swiftly away. Secret of the Woods Then some blue jays appeared from nowhere and began to scream at their more silent brothers, the whisky jacks. The Blazed Trail Here-here-here!', and looking like a pert and jaunty little blue jay, minus his gay clothes. Bird Neighbors Catbirds and blue jays fluttered screaming from the thickets. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things Then she became aware that a blue jay was screeching in a pine above her, and a red squirrel somewhere near was chattering his shrill annoyance. To the Last Man After an unusually long absence, when I was expecting him every moment, a blue jay came stealing into the tree, spying and sneaking about, as if a nest of fresh thrush's eggs were somewhere near. Secret of the Woods Wilson's warblers, pine creepers, black-throats, myrtle and magnolia warblers, oven birds, peewits, blue jays, purple finches, passed silently or noisily, each according to his kind. The Blazed Trail He hasn’t any more principle than a blue jay; and as for morals, he’s empty. A Horse's Tale Squirrels barked at us from the trees; coveys of young partridges ran rustling over the leaves below, and the golden oriole, the blue jay, and the flaming red-bird darted among the shadowy branches. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life The flies buzzed, the hot sun beat down and sloped to the west, the soft, warm breeze stirred the aspens, the ravens croaked, the red squirrels and blue jays chattered. To the Last Man He sees a blue jay flitting through the woods, and knows by his unusual silence that he is hiding things. Secret of the Woods The blue jays followed these intruders in the forest, screeching their displeasure. To the Last Man |
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