The Loud and Raucous and Quite Colorful Blue Jay

In Episode #32 I will discuss the loud, beautiful, and altruistic Blue Jay

Your host is Tommy Fowler. I have a biology degree from the University of Kentucky and a high passion for the outdoors.  I am "The Amateur Naturalist".


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We will talk about:

• In this episode I will discuss the Blue Jay songbird.
• I will also discuss where they are found.
• What do these birds eat?
• What predators eat the Blue Jay snake itself?
• How many eggs do they lay?
• How can you attract them to your bird feeders?  
• Does the male help with the nest building and the bay bird raising 
• Please tell me any stories that you might have and you can tell me on my Facebook site for the Amateur Naturalist podcast.  I would love to hear your stories!!

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The short music intro and outro is:
"Hickory Hollow" by Dan Lebowitz.
I love this music.  Thank you, Dan.

This music is royalty free.

Sources this week:

Sibley, D.A. (2014). The Sibley Guide to Birds, second edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY

Smith, Kimberly G.,  Keith A. Tarvin and Glen Woolfenden. (2013). Blue Jay , version 2.0   Inside The Birds of North America (P.G. Rodewald)  Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York