| 单词 | jay |
| 例句 | She screeches like a blue jay when she laughs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I feared the crows and jays who wait on my mother would have long ago pitched you from their nest, but you are safely fledged, I see,” he said teasingly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Its lowest limbs reached out over a hollow; its upper branches glinted blue with feeding jays. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At this moment, up in the wood, there broke out an excited yelping and a jay began to scold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sharp cries of jays and mockingbirds filled the silence between them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 Outside, a blue jay perches on the edge of a branch. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z 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 “What did you think about that old blue jay?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 Finally, five months later a blue jay appeared and a wren.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The jay called again, deeper in the forest now, but answered by a chorus of reply. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 Instead, she finds a tree behind the building and shinnies up as I watch from below, holding jay's cage. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “And the feathers of a jay. What am I?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I already know that becoming a mother will be the greatest jay of my life. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z All the same, El-ahrairah could usually find a way in if he wanted to; but it was dangerous, because the man had a gun and often shot jays and pigeons and hung them up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Two blue jays in the sycamore tree called loudly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A few gray jays, so tame they would eat from his hand, landed nearby and started hunting for sandwich scraps in the flattened grassy area where the posse had been. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Corvids” is a fancy name for birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 movement on the sumac bush outside caught her eye, and she flew at a blue jay. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 The night had been warm and he was naked as a jay bird. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 A blue jay landed in the yard near us and Wishbone’s ears perked up. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The hat itself was one of those flat-topped pork-pie jobs with a jay's feather stuck in the hat-band and Mr Wormwood was very proud of it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Two jays came flying straight through the wood, their wings whirring on the air. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z 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 Dark indigo steller’s jays flickered briefly out of black shadows, disappearing into the mist. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 As he loped out of the woods, a jay streaked in above him, shrieking. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z 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 Yes, jays are raucous anyway, but this was beyond the usual din. Your trees could be getting birds tipsy 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Green-winged Inca jays, with yellow bellies and black-and-blue faces, fluttered and squawked in nearby branches, and a dazzling array of hummingbirds purred and thumped, jostling for space at assorted feeders. Bears, Binoculars and Bucket-List Birds: A 15-Day Tour in Ecuador 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z After several minutes of watching clouds of siskins, jays, nuthatches and black-capped chickadees swarm around sunflower seeds, a chickadee with a buffy splotch on its white belly landed on a suet bag. Explorer: In a Minnesota Bog, a Festival of Birds 2013-01-18T18:25:51Z The bird is the size of a jay, but on this frigid morning in Aspen, Colo., he had puffed out his feathers for warmth in comically plump style. The Quiet Thrill of Winter Wildlife Viewing 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z 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 “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 De Young is a giant copper-clad museum in the open green spaces of three-mile-long Golden Gate Park, where goldfinches and turquoise jays flit between palm and eucalyptus trees. San Francisco, 50 years on from the Summer of Love 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Burdock and turkey tail mushrooms, stellar jays and golden fleabane. Picture Books for the Wild at Heart 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The restaurant provided a handy field guide to the birds we might see as we ate, from Stellar’s jays to robins. Explore one of the most remote regions in the continental U.S., Washington’s Olympic National Park 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z If he saw a jay out before sunrise, it was probably “wheeling & dealing.” Adding Up a Prolific Poet’s Charming Weather Reports 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Actor Jack Black has admitted to "an occasional celebratory jay," while Sarah Silverman says, "I have contempt for pretty much every drug other than pot." Rise of the celebrity stoner 2011-02-14T21:01:00Z Could be a magpie or a jackdaw or a jay, I suppose, but I think she’s a raven. Philip Pullman on what drew him back to the world of His Dark Materials 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Cardinals, juncos, jays, nuthatches, tufted titmice and rusty blackbirds — the blackbirds were unusual here, possibly driven astray by storms — also arrived for treats, though none came as close. Eagle-Eyed Urbanites? Winter Treks 2011-02-17T21:01:12Z Starlings, magpies, jays, crows and goldfinches, although unnamed, are the British birds I see in the "prismatic and metallic" dazzle. Poem of the week: The Coloration of Feathers by Ruth Fainlight 2012-02-13T09:34:36Z There, we shared the lovely view of pond lilies and meadows with only some curious gray jays. Yellowstone during the pandemic: Reliably magnificent 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Oaks, for example, have their own avian allies, the jays. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The disparate terms are often humorous: Where Hitler is a “murderer,” Karl is a “jay walker.” At LAXArt, boundary-blurring drawing as a form of sculpture 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z We parked along Northside Drive and ambled, transported, on a looping trail through meadowlands and oak groves, Steller’s jays zipping by. Airstream trailer stays add retro glam to a road trip down the Pacific Coast 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z 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 Scientists studying seed-saving nutcrackers and jays could chart measurable growth in the hippocampus, the part of the birds' brains that store memories. 'Gifts of the Crow': New book by Seattle authors about brainy birds 2012-06-04T01:30:06Z The jay buries the seeds in the ground for winter storage, though many sprout. Perspective | The sturdy, steadfast oak is the perfect tree for troubled times 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z 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 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 In most paintings, these puffy reliefs surround the crisp silhouettes of birds, including crows, ravens, jays, warblers, swallows and kingfishers. Back with an L.A. solo show, Joe Fay hasn't missed a step 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z 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 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 Our short stay in Flagstaff is appropriately Arizonan: we photograph sunsets, devour Tex-Mex and marvel at the Grand Canyon, with its puzzling depth and winding trails occupied by mountain goats and blue Mexican jays. Views you don’t get on the freeway … across America by train 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z 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 “Without pinyon jays, we stand to lose iconic Southwestern landscapes, cultures and cuisines intimately tied to piñon pine nuts.” US wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z For example, the North American blue jay is known uniquely as Cyanocitta cristata. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z 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 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 Never before had he been harassed by squirrels, and noisy blue jays and streetwise crows. Why We Love Flaco 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Fewer trees mean less food for the birds, and previous research has shown that the jays will forgo breeding when piñons are scarce. US wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Agents executing a search warrant on Rath’s Whatcom County home and studio then found feathers from protected birds such as golden eagles and other migratory birds like hawks, jays and owls in Rath’s possession. 2 WA artists plead guilty to faking Native American heritage 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z 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 Díaz, a tourist guide, shines a laser pointer at a woodpecker and a toucan, and then moves it over to the blue tail of a Yucatecan jay. In Mexico, worry that Maya Train will destroy jungle 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z They include the black bear, Western scrub jay, California flannel brush, California bumble bee, California halibut, Northern elephant seal, Dungeness crab, California bay tree, Western spadefoot toad, and the endangered black abalone. Geneticists are advancing the cause of conservation with a new breed of sanctuary 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Pale blue with a white bib, the pinyon jay typically mates for life and can be choosey about where to build a nest. US wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z 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 At the time, the term “jays” was a harsh insult or slur that meant “stupid” or “hick,” Mr. Norton said. Soon, Jaywalking Will No Longer Be a Crime in California 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z 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 While environmentalists say there still is much research to be done on pinyon jays, it was well known by the 1970s that the birds’ habits revolved around harvesting, stashing and later retrieving pine seeds. US wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z 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’s really good for allowing larger birds a little space to sit around when they eat, such as jays and grosbeaks.” Experts share their favorite backyard bird feeders 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z 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 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 Researchers have said that understanding the bird’s needs and effects on its habitats will be fundamental to managing Western environments to ensure pinyon jay colonies can be protected. US wildlife managers agree to review the plight of a Western bird linked to piñon forests 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z In moving those acorns, jays, certain mammals and probably the extinct passenger pigeon helped oaks regain their northern range after the glaciers of the last ice age displaced them. Check your pace and embrace ‘slow birding,’ a contemplative look at our feathered friends 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z 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 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 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 The group points to research that shows pinyon jay numbers have declined by an estimated 80% over the last five decades, a rate even faster than the greater sage grouse. Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Smaller birds defer to bigger birds, scooting off the feeding bench when jays or mockingbirds come in for a landing. Perspective | Winged victory: Readers stick up for the lowly mourning dove 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z New studies of pinyon jays and robins are on hold because researchers don’t want to burden animals with tags whose data may not be retrievable. War halts project to track wildlife from space 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z 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 Nearly 20 years ago, Californians witnessed a mass die-off of crows, magpies and jays due to the West Nile virus. Northern California city turns to lasers in attempt to chase off crows 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z “Successful conservation of the pinyon jay requires addressing and ameliorating multiple threats simultaneously.” Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Canada jays are nicknamed camp robbers, and those at Rainier know when and where visitors congregate and how to cajole handouts. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Today, it showed, he had spotted a Steller’s jay and a crow. He spent almost 50 years alone at 10,000 feet. His hobby helped shape climate research in the Rockies. 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Suggestions for a new state bird are all over the map, but four main contenders have emerged: the Florida scrub jay, flamingo, osprey and roseate spoonbill. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Seward Park Audubon hosts a virtual class to explore the family of birds that are among the smartest birds on Earth, including crows, ravens and jays 6-7:30 p.m. Celebrate Día de Muertos with these Puget Sound area events, plus other fun things to do this week 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Nearly 60% of the jay’s remaining population can be found in New Mexico and Nevada, but its range also includes central Oregon and parts of California, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Mexico’s northern Baja California. Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z When they’re not begging, Canada jays feed off morsels they’ve cached high in trees, sticking animal parts, insects and fungi together in a wad cemented in place with saliva. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Western scrub jays, for instance, can remember where they’ve stored food for the winter—and can even keep track of when it will spoil. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The same cannot be said of the Florida scrub jay, described by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as the sole bird species found only in Florida. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Its handful of houses hide behind a dune covered with morning glories and pandanus trees, the chitter of cicadas interrupted only by the cadence of waves and the call of an azure-winged jay. This pristine beach is one of Japan’s last. Soon it will be filled with concrete 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Pale blue with a white bib, the pinyon jay typically mates for life. Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Studies in jays, rats, and monkeys show they also have both kinds of memories. Like humans, cuttlefish can form complex memories 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z This research shows the warblers can take it a step further, Hauber says, storing the knowledge passed on by the call using something resembling the scrub jays’ impressive long-term memory. Yellow warblers remember warning calls 1 day later, suggesting long-term memory 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z But separate bills in the state House and Senate would elevate the blue-headed scrub jay to the honorary post. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The next step will be tests of whether, like the jays, they are aware of how they will feel in the future, and can plan for it. Did a Cuttlefish Write This? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The petition states that studies documenting the effects of woodland reduction on pinyon jay populations are few, but some scientists are recommending that land managers avoid nesting and foraging sites. Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Eurasian jays are not newcomers to subterfuge: To thwart thieves while they’re storing food, jays will perform something very like sleight of hand — sleight of beak, if you will — if another jay is watching. Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z 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 Our native jay is seen more and more in the cities. 9 common Seattle backyard birds to listen for in the spring 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z A professor at Cambridge, she has built her career around the remarkable behavior of the scrub jay, a small blue-black bird that stores food for later. Did a Cuttlefish Write This? 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z When the piñon crop is good, jays start the morning by eating seeds. Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The jays were veterans of comparative psychology research and learned swiftly that they’d get the worm if they guessed correctly which hand it was in. Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The “jay” in “jaywalking” is from a quaint word for country folk — jays — who’d never seen the bright lights and big city and didn’t know any better than to plunge headlong into busy streets. Why don't Angelenos jaywalk? It isn't because nobody walks in L.A. 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z A handful of wildlife species, including pinyon jays and pinyon mice, rely on the trees. Die-off of pinyon pines spurs concern at Idaho state park 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z 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 Research has shown they have excellent memory and recover more cached seeds than other types of jays or nutcrackers, but the seeds that go uncollected are left to germinate. Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The jays usually picked the hand the worm started in. Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z A scrub jay swooped over the lawn and lit on the bare dogwood branch, in that open space of sky. Opinion | I Was in Love With a Tree That Swallowed the Sky 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z But corvids—a group of birds that includes jays, ravens, and crows—also spend a lot of time under their parents’ wings. Like humans, these big-brained birds may owe their smarts to long childhoods 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z 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 As you gain more experience you’ll learn to recognize the raucous calls of jays, the husky “chirping” of house sparrows and many more. Opinion | 7 Tips for Watching Birds During the Spring Lockdown 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Ideally, the experimenter would be a bird and not a person, capable of the same motions and gestures as the jays. Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z "You don't always see jays there because they are very intelligent and shy," Clark said of the pictures taken on Aug. 3. Jaybirds caught fighting over lunch in stunning pics 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Young crows and jays often remained with their parents for up to 4 years—the equivalent of about 2 decades in human years—growing more skilled at mentally challenging tasks all the while. Like humans, these big-brained birds may owe their smarts to long childhoods 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z 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 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 "LOL jay was like🤔the f--k is you doing...," the rapper added, in part. 50 Cent trolls Omari Hardwick's Beyoncé kiss after it draws backlash at NAACP Awards 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z 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 Instead, I began contacting established taxidermists for advice, and for my thirteenth birthday, my parents paid for me to attend a course where I was taught how to stuff a jay. 'I'm a teenage taxidermist' 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z 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 Species common to Minnesota, such as the black-capped chickadee and Canada jays, often store food in preparation for times when it’s unavailable, Forbes added. Experts: Birds equipped to survive Minnesota’s bitter cold 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Some birds, like chickadees, woodpeckers, jays and crows, store seeds in tiny crevices or hit up bird feeders, while other primarily insect-eating birds simply peck the ground or trees when they're hungry. Can birds survive a polar vortex? Here's what happens to feathered creatures in freezing temperatures 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Isabella Rossellini stops in her tracks, her eyes fixed on a California scrub jay. Answering the call of the wild with Isabella Rossellini and her ‘Link Link Circus’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z 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 I was at a Focus on Diversity Conference, and it was the end of the bird tour part of it, and we’re like, “Well, I guess we’re not gonna see the green jay.” Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Later, Guerra spied some “green jays,” Border Patrol agents picking their way through carrizo cane. The border wall will divide this Texas town, displacing or blocking homes - but where? 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z And the birds — the wrentit, the scrub jay, the sage sparrow — taking flight to . . . where exactly? Opinion | Nature has something to tell us. It’s time we listened. 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “And if they don’t come, is that because the jay is territorial? It would be interesting to see if they mimic or copy.” Answering the call of the wild with Isabella Rossellini and her ‘Link Link Circus’ 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The two men talked for a long time about their favorite local species—the brown pelicans that were skimming the ocean, the Florida scrub jays. How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z 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 Squirrels and jays carry them away from under the parent trees and bury them, but many acorns are never found again. Perspective | Call it an acornucopia: Oak trees in our area are producing tons of seeds this year 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Morales, who leads the Blue jays with 21 homers, is the seventh player in major league history with a home run streak of at least seven games. Phillies hit four HRs, beat Jays 8-3 for second win in eight 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Is there ritualisation similar to what you would see at a human funeral when crows and jays gather like this? The ‘grieving’ orca mother? Projecting emotions on animals is a sad mistake | Jules Howard 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z A jay lands on a snow-laden bough, sending loose a ghost of crystalline fog that melts on my face as I ski through it. “A Refugee Crisis” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z And then the third one is the green jay. Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be For Everyone 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z And I read the history boards on the Shaw Heritage Trail, or pay attention to the birds frolicking around — there’s a new red jay family in the neighborhood. A ferry ride and a visit to DistrictCryo: Lettie Gooch owner Theresa Watts’ dream day 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Pinyon jays, which live in Mexico and the western United States, and search for food in flocks, gather at a bird feeder. Jays play nicely with the right hormone 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z There’s a chance of spotting boreal wildlife such as snowshoe hare, gray jays, and possibly even an American marten. Vermont Fish and Wildlife hosting wildlife viewing walk 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Yet each sighting of another species still seems to thrill him, whether that creeper, or a common Steller’s jay or a ruby-crowned kinglet. A day with Seattle bird counters reveals a wonderland of nature — amid dog parks, neighborhoods and urban playfields 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z And once a crow locates an owl, the poor owl gets no peace as additional crows join to scold and harass, generally accompanied by jays and other woodland birds. Lord of the Winter 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z More crosswalks were added and fencing installed along the entire boulevard to deter jay walking. No Longer New York City’s ‘Boulevard of Death’ 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z But the team found that the birds were not selfless — jays that were offered no treat themselves did not altruistically reward their neighbours. Jays play nicely with the right hormone 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z We looked forwarded to see him pitch when he was with the Blue jays, since we know that we could count on him giving everything to his game. Mourning Roy Halladay, a Master Who Craved the Big Moments 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Only a few other species are known to pass the test, including corvids—such as New Caledonian crows, rooks, and Eurasian jays—and great apes. Raccoons Pass Famous Intelligence Test—By Upending It 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z 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 Ravens, along with crows, jays and others, belong to a bird group called corvids. Evermore: ravens can plan for the future, scientists say 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z For example, ravens are not regular tool-users, and they do not barter with each other, like some jays or crows. Ravens—like humans and apes—can plan for the future 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Mealworm seedcake, for example, is designed to attract bluebirds, orioles, wrens, jays, chickadees and titmice. Passion for bird-watching led brothers to build a birdseed empire 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z In autumn, an army of jays and squirrels resolutely reported for work, gathering and distributing far beyond the tree’s shady canopy the acorns that would start its next generation. Seeing the forest for the trees: What one oak tells us about climate change 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z New Caledonian crows can fashion tools, magpies recognize their own reflections and western scrub jays may hold “funerals”. New in Paperback : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z He said the relative unfamiliarity of the gray jay, also known as the whiskey jack, weighed on the plus side, not the minus. A Proposal for a Canadian National Bird Ruffles Feathers 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z A concentration of scolding, agitated jays is often the best way to find these most secretive predators. The Blue Jay Way 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service is partnering to rebuild the scrub jay population in Hillsborough County and across Florida so the bird might someday be removed from the federal threatened species list. Scrub jay population dwindles to 3 in Hillsborough County 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Threatened Florida scrub jays survive on their ability to trace their way back to acorns they buried months earlier. That’s nuts: Acorn onslaught hits Florida 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z A contest held by Canadian Geographic magazine led to the nomination of the gray jay. Your Thursday Briefing 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Even so, Professor Bird is among those now pushing to get a gray jay bill through Parliament somehow. A Proposal for a Canadian National Bird Ruffles Feathers 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The Society says the gray jay, also known as the whiskey jack, was the winner of a two-year search for a fitting avian Canadian representative. Gray jay chosen as Canada's national bird 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z 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 Both Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Laureen Harper, the wife of the former prime minister, championed the gray jay. Canada's new national bird is the gray jay - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Distorted beaks were spotted in lesser numbers of jays, woodpeckers and nuthatches — 24 species in all. Researchers link virus to Alaska birds with deformed beaks 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The proposed Canadian national bird would be … the gray jay. A Proposal for a Canadian National Bird Ruffles Feathers 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The gray jay, once known as the Canada jay and the “wisakedjak” of folklore in indigenous cultures, is found in the boreal forests of Canadian provinces and territories but nowhere else on the planet. Gray jay chosen as Canada's national bird 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 Friendly and intelligent, the gray jay "enjoys the same brain-to-body ratio as dolphins and chimps", according to a handout provided by Canadian Geographic. Canada's new national bird is the gray jay - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z 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? And gray jays like people when they meet them, alighting on their clothing or hands in the hope of a snack. A Proposal for a Canadian National Bird Ruffles Feathers 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The gray jay spends its entire life in the Canadian woods. Gray jay chosen as Canada's national bird 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z On the hillside below us, two scrub jays traded remarks through the trees. The Fantastic Ursula K. Le Guin 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z But after a two-year search, the diminutive gray jay soared above its more famous feathered friends. Canada's new national bird is the gray jay - BBC News 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Approaching the old airfield, on the branch of a dying, dried-up oak, a prideful scrub jay hopped and flapped as if in hopes of scaring us off. On Santa Cruz Island, they killed the cows, sheep, and bees. Now it’s time to finish the job 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z To them, the gray jay is a stranger. A Proposal for a Canadian National Bird Ruffles Feathers 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Steller's jays are the bird version of that person... Aston Martin Hypercar, Mr. Robot, NASA's Juno climax, and more in the week ahead 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Not liking someone's — or some Steller's jay's — voice is enough of a reason to despise them. The Verge Review of Animals: The Steller's jay 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z 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 Nearby Oscar Scherer State Park offers two-plus-square miles of superb hiking and is one of the best places to glimpse the threatened native Florida scrub jays plant species. Day trip to Osprey and Cortez for taste of old Florida 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Following the usual Canadian style, it ought to be called the grey jay, with an e, or the whisky jack, without one. A Proposal for a Canadian National Bird Ruffles Feathers 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z In a study presented at a meeting last week, researchers reported some intriguing insights into the changing DNA of a dozen generations of the Florida scrub jay. Top stories: Mysterious Neandertal cave rings, booming squid populations, and a congressman’s push for Alpha Centauri 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z 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 They found 21 variants that seem to help female birds ages 11 days to 90 days old—comparable scrub jays lacking those variants didn’t live as long. Study spots evolution in action in Florida bird 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z 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 That means it hosts hundreds of species, from pileated and acorn woodpeckers to scrub jays and pallid bats. In Napa Valley, Future Landscapes Are Viewed in the Past 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Why don’t you write me at jay. mathews@washpost.com to tell me about yours? On the fence about Common Core: Brilliant new approach or another fad? 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Chen and others see the scrub jay work as an illustration of the power of applying genomics to long-term field studies. Study spots evolution in action in Florida bird 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z A male Eurasian jay courts his mate by bringing her food, which is standard in the bird world: It’s the sixth language of love. Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment Better to be hearing the bullying jays or cardinals singing their vespers, however, than to have a fearsome T-rex peering in at you through your upstairs windows at daybreak, ready for breakfast. ‘Dinosaurs Among Us’ Retraces an Evolutionary Path 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z But North American avian species had never contracted WNV, and the novel pathogen spread across the continent in just 5 years, leaving millions of birds, from jays to sparrows to finches, dead in its wake. West Nile virus still wiping out birds across North America 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The Blue jays have not disclosed the reason for his absence. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons: LHP David Price not available in Game 5 against Rangers 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z In fact, the club is fairly exclusive, including species such as chimpanzees, elephants, dolphins and relatives of crows known as scrub jays. Crows May Learn Lessons From Death 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The cool thing is that the male jay makes choices about what he thinks his mate will like, not based on his own appetites but on what she has eaten before. Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment So to avoid hawks swooping down and surprising them, the jays only forage above the hawks’ nests. Why a hawk is a hummingbird’s best friend 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Oregon State University experts confirmed the disease was present in a scrub jay found Aug. 12 west of Central Point. 2 birds test positive for West Nile in Jackson County 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Videos revealed that the jays shake the nuts before selecting one, which apparently lets them gauge the nut’s mass and perhaps also listen for the rattle of a well-packed shell. Bird Literally Weighs Its Food Options 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Corvids seem to understand that other birds have minds like theirs, and their decisions often take into account what others might know, want or intend, according to several studies of crows, ravens and jays. Who ya callin’ bird brain? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Tell us how the Eurasian jay intuits his mate’s state of mind, and what that tells us about bird empathy. Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment Perhaps a big Steller’s jay hears a chickadee’s frantic alarm in the face of a little pygmy owl and says, in effect, “‘I’m not worried,’ ” Dr.. Greene said. Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The disease was also found in a scrub jay collected July 20 in northeast Medford. 2 birds test positive for West Nile in Jackson County 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z When they offered these pods to some jays, the birds turned their beaks up at the empty shells and instead chose those that were full. Bird Literally Weighs Its Food Options 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z But is the brown jay friend or foe of the sloth? Sloths' fur provides a feast for hungry birds 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Although longtime residents say deer used to roam here, you are more likely to see coyotes and scrub jays. Break from the bustle of L.A. with a hike in Elyria Canyon Park 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Conversely, does the same jay hear a halfhearted chickadee alarm and suddenly perk up its ears, understanding that this means a threat now lurks nearby for a bigger bird? Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z When food lay buried in a less noisy material such as sand, jays searched randomly. Bird burglars listen for loot 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The gray jay, for example, hoards perishable food to get it through the winter, relying on freezing temperatures to keep it from spoiling, but a warmer climate will short-circuit its natural refrigerator. Your State Bird Could Be Gone By 2080 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Bears, jays and other forest creatures depend heavily on pine seeds for their diet. Yellowstone's Iconic High Mountain Pines Dying at Beetle's Mouth 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z When in uniform, they must follow certain rules as role models: no jay walking or gum chewing or headphones, Franco said. AmeriCorps volunteers play a big role in D.C. schools And that is exactly what happened: the jays spent more time watching the first researcher. Western Scrub Jays Are Capable of Metacognition 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z “White folk from affluent neighborhoods are not getting stopped and beaten up for jay walking. There’s something disjointed about what the mayor says and what is actually happening.” A dark shadow on de Blasio's NYPD 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The first to rise are blue jays, mockingbirds, starlings and mourning doves, he said. New York Today: Early Birds 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z After the relocation of the Montreal Expos, the Blue jays became the only remaining Canadian team in MLB. Comfortably In First Place, The Average Price Of Blue Jays Tickets Remains The Same 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z It is also seeking evidence for whether the jackdaw, jay and collared dove should continue to be killed under general licences that prevent agricultural damage. Call for killing of birds deemed health hazard splits conservationists 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z The robin also appears capable of mimicking the sounds of other birds, including the grey-headed woodpecker, Chinese sparrowhawk, spotted nutcracker, and Eurasian jay. Very rare Chinese robin sighted 2014-04-07T23:49:51Z Eurasian jays given the same task fail, even though they succeed at other tasks involving volume. Is Your Toddler as Smart as a Crow? No 2014-03-28T21:26:07Z 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 "I don't know how this got to Syracuse, but in mid-western slang a jay was a person from the country who was an empty-headed chatterbox, like a bluejay," he says. How the car industry outlawed crossing the road 2014-02-12T00:13:05Z Wynde said it was worrying that the number of jays being killed was not being recorded, as the bird had a relatively modest population. Call for killing of birds deemed health hazard splits conservationists 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Jackdaws are members of the corvid family, which includes birds such as crows, ravens and jays, and are known for their intelligence. Jackdaws protect nests 'with eyes' 2014-02-05T01:26:18Z He added: “The #24Pct commander took initiative taking action, addressing jay walking.” Police Commissioner Makes His Mark on Twitter 2014-01-23T21:41:00Z In the decades since, the club of tool users has expanded to include other big-brained mammals such as apes, elephants and dolphins, such clever birds as crows, ravens and jays, and even the octopus. Crocodiles and their ilk may be smarter than they look 2013-12-09T21:17:59Z Siberian jays can modulate their alarm calls to warn their peers whether a nearby hawk is perched, searching for prey or attacking. Crows Show Off Their Social Skills 2013-08-26T12:45:00.570Z 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 But humans also harbor predators. are the most frequent cause of death for young jays, so vigilant parent jays will dish the same fury unto kitty as they deliver unto Bubbah. Blue jays: Nature’s helicopter parents 2013-05-27T21:13:20Z There are 120 bird species in the corvid family, which includes crows, ravens, magpies, jays, jackdaws, and rooks. Seven Things You Didn't Know About Ravens, Superbowl Edition 2013-02-04T23:15:03.280Z The male Eurasian jay is an accommodating fellow. Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds 2013-02-04T20:10:00Z Scrub jays have strong spatial memory and can relocate food they have witnessed others hiding. Crows Show Off Their Social Skills 2013-08-26T12:45:00.570Z The Groningen team then developed a computer model in which "virtual jays" cached food under various conditions. Are Crows Mind Readers ... Or Just Stressed Out? 2013-01-10T20:25:00Z After securing permits, the researchers gathered dead jays and loose feathers, then dried and preserved them. Observatory: Western Scrub Jays Appear to Mourn Dead Comrades 2013-01-07T23:15:32Z Scrub jays Rooks Crows This fish, discovered in Vietnam, sports which part of its anatomy on its head? Nature's weirdest news quiz 2012 2012-12-31T09:46:18Z Male Eurasian jays feed their mates what they desire. Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds 2013-02-04T20:10:00Z There was a half-painted sketch of two downy woodpeckers fighting over a peanut, and one of a northern saw-whet owl — spotted in the Shakespeare Garden — being pestered by a group of jays. Character Study: Lee Rogers, a Watercolor Artist, Uses Painting to Escape Life on the Streets 2012-12-23T02:27:18Z When the jays were done, the experimenters removed the trays and stole all of the peanuts. Are Crows Mind Readers ... Or Just Stressed Out? 2013-01-10T20:25:00Z When other jays encountered the dead bird, they flew into trees above and made loud screeching calls that attracted other jays. Observatory: Western Scrub Jays Appear to Mourn Dead Comrades 2013-01-07T23:15:32Z Ms. Shaw, whose findings are in the current issue of The Proceedings of the Royal Society B, also found that potential thieves “would suppress vocalizing” when observing jays caching. Observatory: Study Finds Eurasian Jays Keep Quiet When Hiding Food 2012-12-10T21:21:24Z Because of that behavior, Ostojić and her colleagues thought that the jays might be good subjects for testing whether these birds understand their mates' desires. Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds 2013-02-04T20:10:00Z In others, the jay's rival was within earshot, but couldn't see what the other jay was doing. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z 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 Jays Appear to Mourn Dead Winged Comrades When a Western scrub jay dies, researchers report, other jays may hold a kind of funeral — screeching over the body for as long as half an hour. Observatory: Western Scrub Jays Appear to Mourn Dead Comrades 2013-01-07T23:15:32Z That pattern yields the steady matte blues of the jay’s feathers and the monkey’s pelvis. Basics: True Blue Stands Out in an Earthy Crowd 2012-10-25T17:30:43Z The group's previous research had shown that Eurasian jays and scrub jays can plan for the future. Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds 2013-02-04T20:10:00Z But, she adds that the Eurasian jays' overall preference for hiding nuts in the sand suggests that these birds, which are known for their secretive ways, may generally try to avoid drawing attention to themselves. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z That initiative was hastily shut down by environmentalists' concerns over scrub jay habitats and other issues. Florida wants NASA land to develop commercial spaceport 2012-09-23T20:29:31Z Researchers found that the jays' strategy was dependent on the relative social rank of their opponent. Jays switch food-finding tactics 2012-09-25T08:35:49Z “Scrub jays, crows and magpies are carrying the same amount of virus as in previous years,” he says, “but a higher proportion of them appear to be surviving.” Birds Sound the Alarm on West Nile Virus 2012-09-13T22:15:00.187Z "It is commonly thought that any action animals take is determined solely by whatever they want at that moment," Ostojić says, "but the jays also plan for needs in the future." Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds 2013-02-04T20:10:00Z The findings suggest that the jays may be able to understand another's point of view, an ability rarely seen in animals other than humans. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z They conducted experiments, placing a series of objects into residential back yards and observing how western scrub jays in the area reacted. Birds hold 'funerals' for dead 2012-09-01T01:27:22Z Eurasian jays live in woodlands and feed primarily on acorns. Jays switch food-finding tactics 2012-09-25T08:35:49Z The pinyon jay relies on the nuts from pinyon trees for its main source of food. Climate Change May Shift Composition of U.S. Bird Species 2012-08-09T19:15:00.180Z In the new study, the scientists set out to see if the jays understood that other jays also had needs or desires—and that these were not necessarily the same as their own. Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds 2013-02-04T20:10:00Z Several species of jays and crows, collectively called corvids, cache food to eat later. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z The objects included different coloured pieces of wood, dead jays, as well as mounted, stuffed jays and great horned owls, simulating the presence of live jays and predators. Birds hold 'funerals' for dead 2012-09-01T01:27:22Z But Eurasian jays are very territorial, emitting screeching calls and performing threatening behaviour to keep others away. Jays switch food-finding tactics 2012-09-25T08:35:49Z When pinyon nuts are plentiful, there is an increase in pinyon jay hatchlings, but when nourishment is scarce, hatchling populations scale way back, Pierce said. Climate Change May Shift Composition of U.S. Bird Species 2012-08-09T19:15:00.180Z The jays also have more of a hankering for wax moth larvae than mealworms. Sensitive Males Provide Clues to Mind Reading in Birds 2013-02-04T20:10:00Z In the wild, Eurasian jays are often robbed by other species of birds such as Jackdaws and crows, as well as by their own mates. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z But the jays never swooped at the body of a dead bird. Birds hold 'funerals' for dead 2012-09-01T01:27:22Z Researchers challenged jays and human children with puzzles like the one in the fable. Jays and Youngsters Solve Aesop Problem Similarly 2012-08-02T19:45:03.937Z Pinyon jays, on the other hand, are gorgeous specimens. Climate Change May Shift Composition of U.S. Bird Species 2012-08-09T19:15:00.180Z "It appears you treated it as a curiosity, or something akin to jay walking, as opposed to highway robbery," Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas, said at a House hearing on Wednesday. DealBook: Facing Congress, Geithner Grilled on Rate Rigging 2012-07-25T16:42:43Z That suggests that the jays were using a specific cache-protection strategy. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z The fact that the jays didn't react to the wooden objects shows that it is not the novelty of a dead bird appearing that triggers the reaction. Birds hold 'funerals' for dead 2012-09-01T01:27:22Z The figure was inspired by two screaming jays circling a demolished lot near Ms. Saladino’s home in Florida. | Westchester: In ‘Beyond Rodin,’ at the Rye Arts Center, the Human Form Unleashed 2012-06-02T04:33:44Z But beauty won't save the pinyon jay nor will blandness work against its cousin when climate change raises temperatures and alters bird habitats in the southwestern United States, according to research sponsored by the U.S. Climate Change May Shift Composition of U.S. Bird Species 2012-08-09T19:15:00.180Z ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning, lifting the Texas Rangers to an 8-7 victory over the Toronto Blue jays. Hamilton homers in 13th, lifts Texas to win 2012-05-27T00:23:09Z In some tests, the caching jay worked while a competitor watched and listened. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z The jays then gathered around the dead body, forming large cacophonous aggregations. Birds hold 'funerals' for dead 2012-09-01T01:27:22Z After Audubon of Florida’s president backed gun show regulations that Hammer opposed, she lobbied against the environmental group’s effort to name the endangered scrub jay the state’s official bird. Marion Hammer, the NRA's Most Powerful Weapon 2012-05-17T22:55:47Z And jays are naturally thieves and spies, keeping track of where other jays hide food, for example, to raid it later. Side Effects: The ?Hunger Games? Mockingjay: Fiction, for Now 2012-05-16T17:50:02Z This is widespread in the corvids, a group that includes ravens, pinyon jays, and the champion of cachers, the Clark’s nutcracker. The Art of Eavesdropping: Nature s silent sniffers, watchers, and listeners 2012-05-11T16:15:02.027Z Eurasian jays may hop about stealthily in the wild, but they are also noisy birds, known for their raucous calls. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z The jays reacted indifferently to the wooden objects. Birds hold 'funerals' for dead 2012-09-01T01:27:22Z It began to counterfeit different birds; those which it imitated the most naturally, at least to a stranger, were the jay, the raven, the cardinal, and the lapwing. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z We have him as a jay, covered with stolen plumage, which his enemies are plucking from him, each feather inscribed with the name of a lost city or fortress. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z A few years ago, researchers discovered that in areas polluted by human-made noise, a species of hummingbird seemed to increase in population, while a jay species seemed to decrease. Observatory: Noise Pollution Is Changing Forests 2012-03-26T21:33:09Z But in Shaw's experiment they fell as silent as church mice, when given the opportunity to watch another jay hide its food. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z The jays also stopped foraging for food, a change in behaviour that lasted for over a day. Birds hold 'funerals' for dead 2012-09-01T01:27:22Z But the absence of jays seems to be bad for other plants. How Industrial Noise Helps and Hurts Plants 2012-03-25T15:15:00.190Z 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 Pinyon pine trees rely on scrub jays to disperse their seeds, he said. Observatory: Noise Pollution Is Changing Forests 2012-03-26T21:33:09Z Shaw says, just as the scrub jays do. You Eavesdroppin' on Me? 2012-12-05T00:01:00Z What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful? The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z Perhaps because the western scrub jay tends to avoid noise. How Industrial Noise Helps and Hurts Plants 2012-03-25T15:15:00.190Z "A daw in jay's feathers!" said he, scornfully. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z The jay—which caches food to save for later—will move and re-cache the same food item repeatedly when another bird is present. Sharing the Wealth (of Knowledge): Cumulative Cultural Development May Be Exclusively Human 2012-03-14T14:15:00.453Z Bobolinks, jays, bluebirds, chattering blackbirds and even crows added their voices to the odd combinations of melody. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z The oily plop of a water-rat, as it dived from a stump, or the scream of a distant jay, alone broke the laden silence. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z For example, the pinon pine relies on scrub jays to spread its seeds. How Industrial Noise Helps and Hurts Plants 2012-03-25T15:15:00.190Z Juncos, two species of jays, and woodpeckers were seen daily. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z Some see this as evidence that the jay recognizes the other bird's intention to steal cached food and that the jay in turn understands that moving his stash will protect the treat. Sharing the Wealth (of Knowledge): Cumulative Cultural Development May Be Exclusively Human 2012-03-14T14:15:00.453Z It should not be the bat of suspicion, a raven, hoarse with croaking disaster, a chattering jay of gossip, or a vampire fattening on the reputations of men. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z No, there is a swift dash of blue, for a jay has settled down on the top of a rail just at our travelers' right. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z And February needs her blue jays’ unwearied and conquering faith. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Numerous juncos and jays were seen in this area; deer and rabbits also were present. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z But jays are jays, and it were unfair to demand from them a standard of conduct that even human beings, with all their centuries of moral education, find it hard to apply. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Flocks of several different kinds of birds—sparrows, buntings, jays, swamp robins, and others—flew noisily about. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z The naval officers saw in him a well-meaning "jay" who was bringing discredit on their native land because of his ignorance of social forms. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Starling and blue jay stay awhile to oblige with their clatter to the dawn. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Many birds inhabit this area, including hawks, ravens, towhees, jays, juncos, woodpeckers, doves, sparrows and titmice. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z To tell the truth, the jay is not the fiercely courageous and militantly aggressive biped his harsh cries and erected crest might lead one to suppose. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z 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 And February needs her blue jays' unwearied and conquering faith. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Some birds and mammals, such as western scrub jays and squirrels, cache food and dig it up later, which means they must memorize the locations of all their hiding spots. Cache Cab: Taxi Drivers' Brains Grow to Navigate London's Streets 2011-12-08T17:15:00.250Z How different from a roving flock of screaming, boisterous blue jays! Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z 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 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 When he presented himself at the office where he was to be taken on, the other clerks ridiculed him as “a jay from the woolly west.” The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z 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 “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 Here a cushat occasionally dashed away, or a jay awoke the echoes at safe distance. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z A pair of gray jays alights on a branch: they, too, are at the southern end of their range. Fearing Climate Change?s Effects on the Adirondacks 2011-12-02T04:18:15Z Danger was coming, so swift, so swift, That the pace of his trot began to lift The blue-winged Judas, a jay, began Swearing, hounds whimpered, air stank of man. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z 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 All living jays are impudent, profane, mischievous, cannibalistic, “the hul cussed tribe of ’em,” as one exasperated gardener wrathfully declared to me. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z If only we could swear that we got a snapshot and description of the jay from actually watching him, what a fine thing it would be when we get home!” sighed Joan. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Varied; commonly a loud harsh jay jay; often whistling calls and imitations of the notes of other birds, particularly of common Hawks. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z No jay or magpie gave a rally Down in the copse, no circling rooks Rose over fields; old Joyful's looks Were doubtful in the gorse, the pack Quested both up and down and back. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z 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 It is true that the jay is not delicate in his appetite. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The graceful violet-green swallow is unsurpassed in beauty of form and color, and the crested jay, magpie, and nutcracker are conspicuous for their handsome appearance and vigorous flight. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z The first players to collect all species of birds — from the Florida scrub jay to the Atlantic puffin — will win a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Green Blog: For Bird Lovers, a Race to the Finish 2011-11-01T16:31:57Z My patience can really hardly sustain the test of such a jay in borrowed plumes. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z 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 Like the jay, she would act in such a situation from instinct alone, nor would we consider her deficient in intelligence. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z "It is his trail," she whispered, to a Canada jay that chattered and jabbered at her from the limb of a dead spruce. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Yet it is certain that if all the writers had listened to the jay's vocal performances for themselves, they would have given a different account. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z I think one would work as long as Mark Twain's California jay did trying to fill a miner's cabin with acorns through a knot-hole in the roof. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Birds' eggs are more apt to be sucked by both jays and squirrels than are the nestlings to be eaten. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z I know it has been argued that since a jay will attack a stuffed owl placed near his nest, he must be without the power of reason. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Above her head the jay flitted nervously from limb to limb with his incessant scolding. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Our jay in some ways resembles his glorious Eastern relation; and although his lustre is so much less, he is at his very best not altogether unworthy of being called the British Bird of Paradise. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z 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 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 Thus at the very start the jay is laid under an unreasonable handicap. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The man after the dealer opened it, the jay next to him stayed and so did I, of course. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z At such times the peculiar flight of the jay is best seen and is very beautiful. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z My name's Zebulon Snow and I'm one of the partners in this jay place. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z A pet jay I knew could whistle up the stupid house-dog, who was fooled again and again. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z 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 I knew that I couldn't get any good out of the dog for the rest of that night, and I did a sudden watch-studying act, told the jays of a forgotten engagement, and got out. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z Not only are the rooks there in legions, having their rookeries in the park, but, throughout the forest, daws, carrion crows, jays, and magpies are abundant. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Behold your brothers turned to birds and made companions of snipes, woodpeckers, jays, owls, rooks, starlings, blackbirds, tom-tits, larks, kingfishers, wrens, and sparrows. Bluebeard 2011-09-19T02:00:13.657Z This same jay used to carry all its beech nuts to a piazza roof, wedge them between the shingles, and open them there with ease. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z 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 real good thing was a horse of mine that I had entered in the final race, which the jays down there called a mile race for the 1:55 running class.' Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z It is necessary to say here that this habit of the jay does not appear to be too well known to our ornithologists. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z 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 Five little teasers get no dinner from Mamma blue jay. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z 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 I wouldn't be jay enough to try a window-jumping stunt, but don't give me a show to make either one of the car doors. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z Again, the places where jays assemble in numbers are very few and far between. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Lash him to the halberds after a drum-head court-martial on the line of march and he will writhe about like an eel, and scream like a jay before a lash is laid on his back. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z Not afraid of the camera: baby blue jay out for their first airing. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Quick as a hawk the jay swooped after it in an ineffectual attempt to capture it while it was still in the air. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z I'd been playing for several nights in succession with three young jays of real estate men out in Minneapolis and letting 'em take slathers of it off me just to get them interested. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z The jay's call has the same grating or grinding character, but is louder, sharper, more prolonged, and in a quiet atmosphere may be heard distinctly a mile away. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The jays, scolding in the Fir Plantation at the top of the wood, saw Greybrush running hard from Carigaboola with seven couple of hounds behind him. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z 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 Now all you host of cocksure psychologists, was it instinct or reason that led the jay? The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z I raised him from a pup, and I never taught him any of the jay tricks that these pillow-raised, dog-cracker mutts go through. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z Here one could witness their early spring assemblies, when the jay, beautiful at all times, is seen at his very best. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z A jay squawked overhead and warned her not to linger. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z "You j—jay!" cried the upper twin to the under twin, as she came near. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z And it has always seemed to me that the infant jay bears a weird resemblance to England’s Grand Old Man, Mr. Gladstone, after he had passed the prime of old age. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z In the fir plantation on the other side of the river a few pigeons built, and now and then a loud jay chattered, and a squirrel peeped out from the topmost branches among the cones. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But he also has a real song, which may be heard in any assembly of jays and from some male birds after the congregating season is over and breeding is in progress. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Three jays came up to see what the fuss was about, and added their voices to the commotion. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z A jay came into the farther oak and scolded a distant mate. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z 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 There are many pretty girls in that place, for the nobles have assembled there from distant regions, but in comparison with her they are as owls to a jay. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z I can see Starvation Neil when he has to tell his jay delegates that I drew out every cent the day after I lost my bank book. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z The reports of the guns came nearer, and presently a pair of jays flew overhead, squawking to all the birds within earshot that it was time to move on. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Just then a bird flew noiselessly up into the beech over them, they saw it was a jay, and kept quite still. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z But the jay enjoys not these olfactive refections. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z A 271 single jay winged his way through the wood, shrieking discordantly. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z A garrulous blue-winged jay chatters from the tall oak, and purple rooks are picking among the corn. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z If she fed in the daytime, the squirrels overhead chattered and speculated until the jays took up the matter, and half the woodside was in a fluster. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The next instant he was off, and they heard him and his friends, for a jay is never alone, screeching in the jungle. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z But even if the jay were as stupid as an old-model political prison-warden, or an English official in Ireland, which he indubitably is not, I would still look upon him with an indulgent eye. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z A loud screeching and chattering deeper in the forest tells that the restless jays are there. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In other places the bird may be frequently met with, almost always with his partner; and so jays usually go in couples, even in winter. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z But Aristotle asserts that there are three kinds of thrushes; the first and largest kind of which is nearly equal to a jay; and they call it also the ixophagus, since it eats the mistletoe. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The wing towards him and part of the neck had been carried away by the bullet, which, coming upwards, had lifted the jay from the bough. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z 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 I know well that is difficult," said the old hunter: "you can never satisfy a jay with white cheese. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z The jay is a handsome bird, whose chatter enlivens the plantations, and whose bright plumage contrasts pleasantly with the dull green of the firs. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Antiphanes also reckons starlings among the eatable birds, numerating them in the following list—"Honey, partridges, pigeons, ducks, geese, starlings, jays, rooks, blackbirds, quails, and pullets." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z When the jay and the perch had been talked about enough, they made some tea, and sat down to wait till it was moonlight. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I grabbed up an empty fruit jar that had protected a rose cutting from the blasts of winter, and hurled it at the jay. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Finally, they fell on to the top of an old pine-tree down there, and all the jays in the country, the thrushes, chaffinches and tom-tits, flew about them till nightfall, plucking out their feathers. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z He also shoots her some jays, whose wings—as likewise the black-and-white magpie—are used for the same decorative purposes. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The crow flaps in sudden alarm, the mink takes shelter in his coign of vantage among the driftwood, and the jays raise a multitudinous clamor of discordant outcry. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z It was necessary to shoot quick for this reason, and because the jay never stays long in any one tree; yet he wanted to take a steady aim. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z And here in the arrogant, domineering jay, relentless and powerful, was Austria. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z In vain, amid the lonely state Of Zion, dreariest of havens, Does bashful Dowie emulate The prophet who was fed by ravens; To Holmes such affluence betrays A prophet who is fed by jays! More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z Certain feathers from the jay are sought by the gentlemen who visit the great house, to make artificial flies for salmon-fishing. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Owls, hawks, jays and swallows are most in vogue.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z A wood-pigeon makes a great clatter, hammering the air and the boughs; a jay slips into the tree without a sound. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z And those jays that murder are censurable chiefly in this: they have learned so little from humanity’s civilized forbearance. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z What! think you, that because of borrowed plumes The jay will pass for peacock? Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z So too with jay and magpie; he shoots them down whenever they cross his path, unless, as is sometimes the case, specially ordered to save the latter. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z A few birds were seen, robins and jays. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Now he was round there was this difficulty, the jay was high in the oak, and the rest was too low. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Feeding the young jays, too, he considers part of his fatherly duties, and sometimes, though not often, he even treats Mrs. Jay to a specially delicate tidbit of bug or worm. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Magpies, jays, carrion-crows, partridges, and some other birds, are never seen during the spring by themselves, and these offer at first sight the most perplexing case. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z This game will continue for a long time; the jay all the while affecting an utter indifference, yet ever on the alert till he spies his chance. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z The tall, haggard uncle came slowly to meet the excited youth, with the jay on his hand. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z “See that sassy jay atop o’ that cherry tree? Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z No, the jay is not an unprincipled scoundrel, not the bloodthirsty reprobate he is sometimes made out to be. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z A jay flew overhead with raucous call, as though he laughed at the bereft boy. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z It is the young or weakly partridges and pheasants that fall to the jay and magpie. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z "Diablesse!" cried thereupon the brother of the Knight to the jay, and clapped his hands at the same time as a signal. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Nothing answered but a chattering squirrel and a jay who seemed to object to any human being disturbing the usual tenor of the woods’ life thereabout. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z That the jay does not always exercise the discretion of which the timid proverb speaks, the crown of my head can very well testify. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z “You mean old thing!” he shouted at the flashing jay—which merely laughed at him again, just as though he did know who had stolen Sammy’s bag and hugely enjoyed the joke. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z And Neale, when he was at hand, hung pieces of fat and suet in the trees for the jays and shrikes, and other of the “meat-eaters.” The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z "Fleeting," began the black jay, amid tones of music, "is man, more fleeting is his bliss, but earlier than all dies the friend with his word." Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z About the oaks and maples the brown chafers swarm, and the fern-owls at dusk, and the blackbirds and jays by day, cannot reduce their legions while they last. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z My favorite hobby is taking bird pictures, and I had long desired a picture of a young jay. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z In the front rank are what we may call the professional oölogists,—such as follow the business for a livelihood: snakes, skunks, weasels, squirrels, cats, crows, jays, cuckoos, and the like. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Most men, in the wild, unreasoning whirl of their appetites, are like the jay, which tears the carnation to tatters in order to get at its seeds. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z And immediately began the jay, as concluding chorus of the last act, "The poor man now lies fast asleep, and you can cover him up!" Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z There is also a fable about a magpie and a jay, which fails, somehow, to arrest the reader. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z Just such an inclusive indictment is brought against the jay. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z 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 Sunflowers and poke-berries were growing along the front fence, and mocking birds, cardinals and jays, their animosities suspended, were breakfasting side by side. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z They found within nothing but a black jay. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z 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 Are there not, then, three righteous jays in all Israel? The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z 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 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 The Spaniard threw a twig into the water, and the black jay spake, in a low tone, "Silent is bliss; silent is death." Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Passeres Includes the greater number of the smaller birds, such as kingbirds, flycatchers, larks, jays, crows, blackbirds, finches, sparrows, warblers, chickadees, swallows, thrushes, etc., numbering in North America some 328 species and many subspecies. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z His shrill and angry cries, moreover, called to his aid three other jays, and such a stream of feathered Billingsgate followed as, I felt sure, must fix the eyes of all the neighborhood upon me. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z 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 Den a jay bird caught a sight of you an he tole me. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z The brother of the Knight called to the jay, "Diablesse!" and scraped with his foot, as a signal. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z "That was because musicians and painters used to go round with long hair looking like jays." Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z But the jay, with the uncomfortable persistence of a bee or a small heel-snapping terrier, pursued me to the very door, and might have chased me upstairs had it not been for the screen. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z In action, in size and something in appearance and rasping voice he much resembled our jays. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z And although he did not talk back to the chattering jays, nevertheless he strongly believed that they were much more guarded in their conversations when he was nearby. The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z In the hotel of the Spaniard a boy had the jay by a string. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z 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 After that I decided never again to attempt kidnapping a jay without the protection of a policeman’s helmet. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Uncle Salters he sold it this spring to a jay from Boston as wanted to build a summerhaouse, an' he got a heap for it. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z Scarlet body, scarlet hackle, and mallard wing, gold over body, topping for tail, and one in the centre of the wings, jay at the shoulder, and a black head. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z 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 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 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 That jay bird, that yestreen chattered so gaily, had poured poison into my heart. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Those Sea-Trout ones, described for Waterville, do also well, and orange floss silk, ribbed with gold, small topping for tail, jay round the head, and mallard mixed wings. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z 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 I think the sense is much the same as in "hayseed," "jay" or "yahoo." The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 2011-03-21T02:00:12.857Z It was safe from the other jays if not from the inquisitive redheaded woodpecker who lived only a few branches away. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Upon the stairs there was a jay and a raven. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z A small black fly, yellow tag, topping for tail, rib of silver, teal, and golden pheasant neck, breast feather of the peacock wing, mixed, blue feelers of macaw, jay at the shoulder. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z 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 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 He jumped when an owl cried, was frightened for a moment when a dead snag crashed with an unearthly noise and laughed when a jay shrieked. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z He knew the wind and he knew the mice, but not the jay and he must know it. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z 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 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 They were rather large birds, mostly of the families of jays and magpies. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Blue jays huddled on their roosts and dreamed up new insults to scream at the world. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z 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 Q.—Having rolled on the hackle, and turned a jay hackle over the shoulder, how do you proceed with the wing? Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z Occasionally she threw a remnant to the few silent Canada jays that drifted here and there in the sleeping town, fluffed out like milkweed pollen in the summer, searching for scraps. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z The jays no longer gossiped in the shrubs. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Guided by the chattering of the jay, he recommenced the pursuit. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Some were jays, some partridges and pigeons, and others gay singing birds, who hopped about displaying their glittering feathers, and singing their songs. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-06T03:01:02.343Z And when I mention the jay, let no one rise up and point the finger of scorn, exclaiming on that blue-coated fellow's harsh and grating scream. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The blue jays screamed without wrath, and the partridges drummed unmartially. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z His ears ached for some sound, the tapping of a woodpecker, the cry of a jay, but most of all, for the sound of axe strokes or his father’s voice. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z She never imagined the possibility of his not knowing that Lola was a lady’s maid dressed in the feathers of the jay. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z And leave them where any pilfering jay would be able to pick them out at his ease? The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z I knew that about my plateau were gathered the cardinal, the thrush, the oriole, the catbird, the jay and the mockingbird. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z In less than five minutes, Teddy was the conqueror, without a scratch, and Skip, lying at full length on the stable floor, was howling frantically for some one to "hold that Saranac jay." Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z As the oxen came opposite the motionless hunter, his attendant jay uttered a sudden discordant cry. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z From nowhere a jay flashed across the opening ahead of him. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z 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 There was never a sweeter, mellower, richer tone drawn from flute or harp than the love-note of the jay. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The magpies and jays were no friends of his, either. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Organizations such as The Union League Club helped to rally support for Mr. Lincoln among the city’s business and professional establishment. — jay 65 Another example of New York State ineptitude and short sightedness. City Room: N.Y. Forgoes Civil War Remembrance 2010-12-26T22:37:21Z He was the soul of hospitality, and garrulous as a jay. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z It was now nearly one o'clock and as I had been unable to find Bige, I ate lunch with the jay birds as above described. Camps and Trails 2010-12-20T17:12:16.133Z “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 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 |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。