Blue Jay having a bad hair day- New Jersey Bird Photos

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Info & pictures of common New Jersey birds: the woodpecker, cardinal, king fisher, warbler, robin, tufted titmouse, finch, mallard, cormorant, baby ducks, grebe, goose, cat bird, sapsucker, northern flicker, chickadee, merganser, hawk, heron, hairy woodpecker & goldfinch plus muskrat, groundhog & beaver. Many photos were taken at Lake Nelson in Piscataway, NJ and others in NJ bird spots: Cape May, the Meadowlands, and Sandy Hook or vacations in Florida, California and the Caribbean.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Blue Jay having a bad hair day

This blue jay has been hanging around for about two weeks. We think he is one of three juvenile siblings whose nest was nearby, but the others all have nice crests.

Labels: Blue Jay, Summer Birds

Anonymous said...: Blue Jays molt in August. This blue jay just got head and neck molt out of the way instead of a gradual.; August 19, 2012 at 4:50 PM
Unknown said...: Greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada.

At first I too thought that a visiting Blue Jay had a bad hair day, but recently I saw two at my bird feeder and figured it out, they are Blue Jays, with beautiful plumage save the head. Am watching the feathers come in slowly but surely :)

Thank you for posting you photo.

Christine; August 16, 2013 at 5:42 AM