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wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social
From the current WJO issue: Community-science sourced evidence of vocal mimicry in Perisoreus jays. #ornithology doi.org/10.1080/1559...
Gray Jay perched in bare branches
September 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
djoodiwithad.bsky.social
I have a lot of favorite birds but these little clowns are my favorite in the ‘cute’ category

Canada Jay / Perisoreus canadensis

also known as camp robbers or whisky jacks, they are super gregarious and will steal all of your shit ✨

They start showing up in our woods at the end of summer 🍕
September 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM
elnopower.bsky.social
- Gray Jay a.k.a. Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) in Canada
- Photo courtesy of Louis Morissette.
August 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
uplandnature.com
I’ve been exporting my bird photos from iNat to eBird and I heard from an eBird curator about a couple observations, including these 2 Canada jays. The photos are nothing special, but I spotted them in May near Jameson Mountain. Turns out that’s a notable spot for a breeding pair to show up. Cool!
Canada Jay, Perisoreus canadensis foraging trail side Canada Jay, Perisoreus canadensis looking blurry in the trees
August 20, 2026 at 1:28 AM
everwilduk.bsky.social
The Canada Jay is far stranger than it lets on

Canada jays produce a sticky saliva that they use to glue food to branches for caching, creating a hidden pantry.

Found by Jscott, NWT

Tap through for the find.
everwild.uk

#CanadaJay #Birds #NaturePhotography
Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), spotted in Northwest Territories. Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), spotted in Northwest Territories.
August 13, 2026 at 11:31 PM
botensky.bsky.social
a small bird perched on top of a tree branch by Shaylyn (Unsplash https://spoo.me/sJFf6M2)

BioClip identify (at 75.08%) Perisoreus canadensis genus:Perisoreus (fam. Corvidae) com. Gray Jay

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BioClip identify (at 75.08%) Perisoreus canadensis genus:Perisoreus (fam. Corvidae) com. Gray Jay Image Unsplash details : keywords: bird, grey, small bird, animal, jay updated: Sun Aug 09 2026 08:53:09 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)
August 9, 2026 at 10:48 AM
everwilduk.bsky.social
Nobody warns you how wild the Canada Jay really is

Swipe to see its card.
Card 056. Common. 50 XP.

Canada jays produce a sticky saliva that they use to glue food to branches for caching, creating a hidden pantry.

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Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), spotted in Northwest Territories. Slide one is its EVERWILD Codex card, slide two is the photograph it was made from. Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), spotted in Northwest Territories. Slide one is its EVERWILD Codex card, slide two is the photograph it was made from.
August 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
srwhitelegg.bsky.social
As of 2017, this is Canada's national bird, the Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), AKA the Wisakedjak (Indiginous), or Whisky Jack, or Gray Jay. It is a small, friendly, and intelligent songbird of the corvid family.
Just thought you would like to know.
July 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
doghousewildlife.bsky.social
The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #YourChoice any bird capture.

Here is a Canada Jay photographed near Lower Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park.

#birds #wildlife #GlacierNationalPark #corvids
A Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) perched on a small branch with larger moss covered branches below and to the right.
June 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
moiststar.bsky.social
I woke up and wanted to figure out which country has the strongest national bird

I see that Canadians are being extra on this topic

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Canada jay. Selected as national bird by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society through an expert panel and Canadian Geographic magazine reader poll. The Canadian government does not recognize the designation. Perisoreus canadensis
June 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
axljka.bsky.social
Läser att lavskrikans latinska namn, Perisoreus infaustus, ordagrant betyder "Olycksbringande pratmakare". Har några lavskrikor på jobbet.
May 8, 2026 at 4:31 AM
biodiversitypix.bsky.social
🐦 Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887.

[Source]
Illustration of an Alaskan Jay (Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons) perched on a bare branch, showing detailed plumage in shades of gray, white, and black. The bird has a light gray head with a darker patch behind the eye and a white throat and belly. In the background, a snowy landscape features a long wooden building, several small figures, and a forest of evergreen trees under a pale sky. The image is labeled as Plate XI from an 1887 natural history report on Alaskan collections.
May 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
paolocrosetto.bsky.social
There are several papers on the attraction effect -- which is a sort of generalized Monty Hall -- run on animals. The effect was found on bees, on gray jays (here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...), and on *slime mold* that doesn't even have a brain (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20702460/).
Context-dependent violations of rational choice in honeybees (Apis mellifera) and gray jays (Perisoreus canadensis) - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Contrary to the theory of rational choice, adding an alternative to a set of available options often affects people's judgement of the preexisting options. Here, we show that honeybees (Apis mellifera...
link.springer.com
April 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
birdofthedaybot.bsky.social
Canada Jay (Boreal) (Perisoreus canadensis [canadensis Group])

Image Credit
Canada Jay (Boreal) - Jay McGowan
April 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
pumpkinspicenoun.bsky.social
Pumpkin Spice Genus Perisoreus
April 13, 2026 at 5:32 AM
lizziewallis.bsky.social
"Spread your Wings" (2019)

Today's #birdoftheday by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #SmallBirdsinFlight.

Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus) with open wings taking off from snow.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMovies
#smallbirdsaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow #openings
#birds
#ECK
#birdphotography
A small Jay, with outstretched wings taking off from snow directlytowards the camera. The bird has grey-brown plumage with a darker brown crown and a paler throat. It is rusty-red in a panel near the wing-bend, on the undertail coverts and on the sides of the tail.
April 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
pumpkinspicenoun.bsky.social
Pumpkin Spice Perisoreus
March 22, 2026 at 3:55 AM
hpliszka.bsky.social
The smart, friendly, tough, loyal Canada Jay (aka: Whiskey Jack; Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis). "...using the genome as a reference, it is possible to understand the nature of genetic diversity across the species."
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
Genetic sequence promises new window into beloved ‘camp robber’ Canada jay
Toronto-based researches have produced a near-complete genome of the bird, also called the gray jay
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
saskajanet.bsky.social
A profile written by Dan Strickland birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...
Canada Jay - Perisoreus canadensis - Birds of the World
Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
birdsoftheworld.org
March 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
minorleaguer.ca
TIL there is a Senate public bill (S-221) to recognize the Canada jay (aka grey jay, aka Perisoreus canadensis) as the national bird of Canada.

www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en...
S-221 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
S-221 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada
www.parl.ca
February 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social
Latest articles from the WJO: Community-science sourced evidence of vocal mimicry in Perisoreus jays. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
a Canada Jay (a gray and white jay with no crest) perched among bare branches
February 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
birdofthedaybot.bsky.social
Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus)

Image Credit
Siberian Jay - Jessie Barry
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
huntnfish8.bsky.social
Happy Friday Eve everyone!

Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), AKA-Gray Jay or “Whiskey Jack.”

Taken in Deerlodge #nationalforests
Campsite visitor

#BirdOfTheDay #QuietObservers #eastcoastkin
A small gray bird rests on a weathered wooden fence rail, its body angled slightly to the left as it looks outward into the trees. Soft morning or late-day light catches the fine texture of its feathers, revealing layered shades of pale gray and muted brown, with a lighter head that blends gently into a darker wash at the back of the neck. The wings lie neatly folded along its sides, their feather edges faintly outlined, while its long tail extends straight behind, nearly parallel to the rail. The fence itself is rough and sun-bleached, its grain deeply etched, suggesting long exposure to wind and seasons. Behind the bird, a stand of tall conifers rises in soft focus, their dark trunks and evergreen foliage forming a quiet, shadowed backdrop. Low shrubs at the forest’s edge glow with a hint of warm color, contrasting with the cooler tones of the woods. The scene feels still and unhurried, as if the bird has paused briefly between movements, attentive yet calm, held in a moment of balance between the solid line of the fence and the depth of the forest beyond.
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
valhund.art
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
(Possibly a) Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
gpike.bsky.social G! @gpike.bsky.social · Nov 28
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Andean cock-of-the-rock
Green broadbill
Palawan peacock pheasant
Micronesian Megapode
Tinian monarch
tkingfisher.com Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · Nov 28
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Goliath heron
Himalayan vulture
Cerulean warbler
Laysan albatross
Australian king parrot
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
abcbirds.bsky.social
🌲 High up in the boreal forest lives the Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), also known as the “Whiskyjack,” from the Algonquin Wisakedjak — a benevolent trickster spirit in several First Nations stories.

❄️ Learn how this #BirdoftheWeek outsmarts winter in our bird library:
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November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM