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.
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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.
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 :)
Blue Jays molt in August. This blue jay just got head and neck molt out of the way instead of a gradual.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Nova Scotia, Canada.
ReplyDeleteAt 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