Maybe it’s only my imagination but the summer months always seem to signal a change in the split-personalities of blue jays. Their noisy displays in the fall woods and ragamuffin performances… ...

The photo is special because this is one of the rare times the Blue Jay was still enough for a photo. The camera I used is a Canon 7D Mark 2 with a 100-400 mm zoom lens.© Courtesy Linda Taylor ...

The oldest recorded Steller’s Jay was 16 years, 1 month old. Northwest Native Americans have made many totem poles with the Steller’s Jay as a little look out bird perched right on top.