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Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata

Featured image credit: “Blue Jay” by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region is licensed under CC PDM 1.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Blue Jay page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

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