Washita and Other Weird Tales

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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Blue Jays

Blue Jay Feather
Blue Jay Feather - Author's Picture

The above picture was taken in June of 2025. I had been seeing a lot of blue jays in the yard. I saw bright blue birds and some that were not quite as colorful. I think the bright ones are male, and the less bright ones are female. They're very vocal creatures.

I'd been trying to see if I could find a feather. It's not too impressive, and I have found beautiful, perfect feathers in the past. Officially, the bird is called Cyanocitta cristata. There are four subspecies of them. Oh, I took the feather back outside and put it on the ground.

More sources about Blue Jays:

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/bluejay/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jay

Blue Jay

Image by Nick on Pixabay.