Steller's Jay

August 6, 2011, September 21, 2011 and May 12, 2012

[@letsbuilda4ort]

growing up in seattle it was always breathtaking when one of them landed near you in a tree. Stunning bird.

[@Musiclover-zi6zd]

I love how they sing too wow

[@spacemanapeinc7202]

I’ve literally had several of them live in a Car Park of an apartment complex, they can become quite annoying sometimes.

[@goldenjsublimimals4068]

I was frequenting the drama side of you tube . Now , I come over here and suddenly feel so peaceful watching your 🐦 bird watching videos. Thank you for giving me new a LYFE ! I even watched a program where a team of sound engineers recorded the sounds that the 🌎 Earth omits on the daily basis and there were nothing but a pack of birds being heard churping from all around the world !" Thank you for this very enertaining and peaceful video .

[@chadperalta6887]

Just bought a house and now started working in the yard, saw this bird the other day, never saw anything like it, so beautiful , thank you! I know what it’s called now! Stellers Jay!

[@Musiclover-zi6zd]

I got to see these in Washington..Wow they are neat and that cute hairdoo too lol

[@jawjww]

One of my favorites. They are in the foothills and mountains of Utah.

[@rosella6089]

These birds are so beautiful. They look like just ordinary gray birds that were dipped in black and blue paint. Love them so much.

[@HealthyandLovingLife]

Gorgeous! Jays are some of my favorite birds. I know they can be a nuisance to other birds but they're so fun to watch!

[@herbertmespinoza]

Our resident Steller (a male I think) mimics a screeching cat perfectly. Every time the dog used to hear it he would immediately start barking. Even fooled my cat loving wife, who ran outside the first time to see where the kitty was hiding. Lol. We love feeding the birds and it's a real joy when the jays pay us a visit - they are royalty in our yard and get special treatment. When my wife forgets to leaves snacks for them they fly by her office window and start calling rather obnoxiously until she accommodates them. I've been trying to record him doing the mimic but it is a bit of a challenge. With the gardening season starting I will outside more. They usually stop by when I am working outside and he sometimes makes the sound. If there are other competitors (other jays or crows) nearby then he is more likely to do it - the idea I think is to scare others off. You just got to love corvids.

[@JohnHamil]

Steller's Jay Near Johnson Creek in Portland, Oregon

[@christineh7815]

Such a great close up video! I really enjoyed that!

[@JesusKathrynMiller]

Holy Psalm91 Holy MArk16:15 :)

[@JohnHamil]

Christine H Thank you. That's good to hear. Not all photographers like videos.

[@christineh7815]

John Hamil Well, since I cannot take credit for being a real photographer, I do like some of them, as long as they are not too long! lol

[@spacekitt.n]

also in portland and i have one of these thats found my tray feeder with peanuts--he comes about 3-4x a day and grabs as many as he can fit in his mouth and then takes off lol.

[@Eskemumriken1676]

We have tons of them surrounding our house that have been here for generations...they're like a part of our family at this point.

[@JohnHamil]

Same here. They're the noisy black sheep.

[@spacekitt.n]

people anthropomorphize corvid calls as screechy and cacophonous - but it is just their song - and i think it is as beautiful and soothing as any other songbird.

[@MegaLivingIt]

Very beautiful bird.

[@johnmorelli3775]

Stellar Jays LOVE peanuts! And they hide them to recover and consume them later. They are very smart and somewhat aggressive with other birds.

[@Allan-et5ig]

stunningly beautiful.

[@SparklingGems]

We get these beautiful Steller's jays in our parts too...near San Francisco...in the mountains amidst the Redwood trees. They are real dazzlers!

[@michaelgaskell7408]

Dear Sir, l live in the UK,(Litterpool),a tiny island with a population of 70 million,and growing.They are building houses everywhere,and hardly anybody is interested in birds.l wish l lived in America after seeing birds like this.

[@JohnHamil]

As you have no doubt seen, we in the US are not immune from problems even if we have so much more room. We all need to work to make the places we are better.

[@WETTV96]

I’m from the Midwest and see blue jays on a daily basis, but I went to Mt. Rainer on vacation and saw one of these up close. I was dumbfounded by its deep blue feathers

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

Love them. Definitely remind me of blue jays, but I only see them in forests of the high country, whereas blue jays on our tray feeder at home are very common. Interesting how they're similar, yet different.

[@kalebh3419]

It's also hard to tell but stellars are also quite larger than blue jays too

[@pnutbutrncrackers]

@@kalebh3419 I would say they're a bit larger, but yeah, they're bigger (Steller's).

[@DChristina]

Thank you from Oregon City💕

[@JohnHamil]

You're more than welcome, neighbor.

[@wildmountainsky]

Plentiful in the high country of Arizona. Very distinctive call.

[@woolsteel208]

綺麗で癒されます

[@KM-px8cs]

Thank you for posting!

[@alexaleon9492]

Seen them at Lake Tahoe! Pretty birbs :3

[@scottthepianist1748]

what a beautiful bird

[@wuvmysara]

1:00 this is the cutest stellers jay ever

[@VeluweNatuurFotografie]

Great bird !!

[@mira71819byonayonaqasamade]

美しい鳥ですね。安定した映像と鳥の鳴き声が聞こえてくる素晴しいビデオですね。鳥の名前が私は？ご存じの方は教えて下さい。宜しくお願いします。カケス？

[@VeluweNatuurFotografie]

mira71819b It is ok, i shared this video from my friend John Hamil. Best Regards, Jan van den Hardenberg.

[@mira71819byonayonaqasamade]

VeluweNatuurFotografie.nlさん。名前リンク付きで投稿コメントに+１有り難うございます。（私が知りたいのは鳥の名前です。鳥の呼び名です。鳥の名前が分かる方は、鳥の名前を教えた下さい。宜しくお願いします。）あなたに今日も良いことがありますように！

[@JohnHamil]

Googleが翻訳希望は理解できる。 ステラーカケス www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/id

[@mira71819byonayonaqasamade]

John Hamil さん。お早うございます。鳥の名前とアドレスを教えて頂き多くの感謝を申し上げます。あなたに今日も良いことがありますように！

[@touliptoulip7296]

🌷👍🌷👍🌷👍🌷👍🌷👍🌷👍🌷

[@beanplays4098]

i love this bird

[@grizz4159]

Bean plays this is fantastic Ben! And I miss u 😭

[@beanplays4098]

ok

[@beanplays4098]

me too jesus

[@ashleytolles8730]

my class is working on steller jays.

[@Cheryl-ke4pp]

Gorgeous!

[@JohnHamil]

Thank you.

[@mellingmichael777]

Gorgeous!!

[@JohnHamil]

Thank you.

[@tiburon69]

stunning is the QUETZAL

[@lightsinner2764]

so FREAKING pretty

[@ferociousgumby]

Love these guys! They make an awful sound however.

[@humansavages832]

Nice looking bird, never see these in NYC. Do y'all have blue jays in California?

[@JohnHamil]

I live in Oregon and we don't have blue jays here. I saw my first blue jay in Central Park.

[@cruzechevy3485]

@@JohnHamil I forgot I commented here months ago, thats me you responded to and thanks for the reply. Once again nice bird you have in Oregon. I would love to visit oregon from Nyc one day and Washington state. Piece brother.☺👍

[@dougsorensen7594]

Do you have a secret to attract these type to your yard?

[@JohnHamil]

Food and natural cover. I live in a heavily wooded area and have planted bird friendly thickets plus suet and sunflower seeds.

[@dougsorensen7594]

@@JohnHamil Thank you John. I will also try what you were using - peanuts, buy I have too many squirrels already!

[@lionelhutz5137]

The more annoying cousin of the blue jay