jay

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The UC study found that male spiders become motionless and "freeze" when a blue jay calls nearby.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

Blue jays, eastern bluebirds, and indigo buntings are all blue birds, but the rich azure of an indigo bunting is nothing like the softer, sky blue of a jay.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

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.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

A blue jay called; a red squirrel chittered.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022

At last the wind blows, the whiteness thins, and the blue jay catches sight of me.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George