Blue Jay
high confidenceCyanocitta cristata
A medium-sized, crested songbird perched on a shepherd's-hook feeder pole, showing the classic blue-gray upperparts with white-barred wings and a black-and-white banded tail typical of a Blue Jay. The stout black bill, pale underparts, and the head-down lunging posture toward the feeder are all consistent with this common backyard corvid.
Other possibilities:
- Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) — Similar blue-and-gray coloration, though it lacks a crest and the barred wings/tail seen here; also restricted to Florida scrub habitat.
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) — Also a crested jay, but has a dark blackish head and lacks the white wing bars and pale underparts visible in this image.
2026-09-12