Rockinbbar: Never seen one of those! Great picture - thanks for sharing. What part of the world are you "not in the city" in? Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
One year hunting at STX's brother's lease down near CC I saw one while Rog' was away from where I was looking for something to shoot . When he came back I said, "I saw an amazing tropical looking bird I'd never seen before." He asked me to describe it and I explained that, well, it actually looked a lot like a bluejay, but green. He says, "it's probably a green jay". I laughed and was like, 'OK whatever', thinking he was pulling my leg. He wasn't.
One year hunting at STX's brother's lease down near CC I saw one while Rog' was away from where I was looking for something to shoot . When he came back I said, "I saw an amazing tropical looking bird I'd never seen before." He asked me to describe it and I explained that, well, it actually looked a lot like a bluejay, but green. He says, "it's probably a green jay". I laughed and was like, 'OK whatever', thinking he was pulling my leg. He wasn't.
Yes sir, the first one I ever saw I had the same thought, and yea Roger will pull your leg.
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Thanks for the neat photo and the informative thread. I thought that I had seen every sort of Jay in the US - including those noisy flocks of Pinyon Jays - but your Green Jay is totally new. Probably good reason - have not yet gotten down to visit Blue and only time I have been in your part of TX was to pilfer a golf cart.
Are the males and females similar in their markings or are the females a bit duller in color ?
they look almost alike but females are slightly smaller and duller and mature females are streaked on their breast,
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
Had never seen or heard of one before, thanks for posting the pics. Beautiful bird. We have lots of blue jays here, but to my knowledge, that’s the only type around here.
We really enjoy seeing the stellars when we’re in CO or Canada. We also saw what I believe were pinyon jays when we were hiking in Escalante UT this year.