Appearance
12 inches. Bright blue above and grayish below. A black collar and necklace with the wings and tail spotted with white. Prominant crest on head.
Food
Eats acorns and other nuts, fruit, insects, bird eggs and nestlings and will also eat mice. Comes readily to feeders, scattering other birds as it comes, and will often bury seeds and acorns.
Habits and Breeding
Lives in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests, but prefers oaks. Also in gardens and parks. One of the most common of eastern birds. More known for its screaming cry and bullying attitude than for its song. Will often imitate the call of a red-tail hawk. They will also mob together to repel or irritate predators like red-tails and owls. | 
Blue Jay |
The female lays 3-6 olive, blue or buffy eggs with dark spots in a bulky nest make of twigs, leaves and moss. The nest is usually between 5 and 50 feet above the ground, often in a conifer. The female is usually the one who incubates the eggs for the necessary 16-18 days. The young leave the nest in 17-21 days.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region and Book of North American Birds.
Appearance
17-21 inches. Stocky, all black bird with a stout bill. The tail is fan-shaped when spread. The call is the familiar "caw."
Food
Omnivorous. They eat almost anything from insects to eggs to other birds and nestlings as well as fruit and crops like corn.
Habits and Breeding
Woodlands and farms and suburbs. They are intelligent and wary as well as highly reproductive. The crow has survived the continued efforts of man to destroy it and it is still one of the most abundant birds in North America, sometimes gathering in roosting groups of up to ½ a million birds. They will occassionally take bright objects and hide them.
The female lays 4-6 dull green eggs with dark brown spots in a large nest of twigs lined with softer material. She incubates the eggs for 18 days and the young leave the nest after about 5 weeks. | 
American Crow |
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region and Book of North American Birds.
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