The main thing blue jays and Stellar’s jay have in common is ... These smarty-pants-of-flight will also imitate hawk calls to scare off other birds! Blue jays are complex social creatures ...

During daily breaks from the world’s many dramas, I encountered another: The blue jay in my backyard is a ladies’ man. Each day, he swoops onto the bird feeder and fills up on seeds and nuts.

But all the while, in the midst of all of this mayhem, there was a lone blue jay that had taken up a position on the tip of the tallest spruce tree. From this perch, the bird had a commanding view of ...