The Life of a Blue Jay - Documentary

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In this video, we take a look at one of the world's most interesting birds, a bird whose intelligence may have long been underestimated.
* Note, the "Northern" in blue jay was dropped from the name of the species. It is now only the blue jay.
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The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach]
- Enchanted Journey
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By Erik Drost - Wade Lagoon Blue Jays, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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By Glunardi - Photo taken from home of a Bluejay flying in the courtyardPreviously published: goo.gl/photos/yq3fNxVBSXqQGse47, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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Wimpenny J, Weir A, Clayton L, Rutz C, Kacelnik A, Clayton N. "Cognitive Processes Associated with Sequential Tool Use in New Caledonian Crows". PLOS ONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0006471. PMID 19654861. PMC: 2714693
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By Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada - Blue Jay in Flighjt_7178, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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By Robert Taylor from Stirling, ON, Canada - Blue Jay Taking Flight, Stirling_1023, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Mike's Birds - Blue Jays In Bird BathUploaded by Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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This footage licensed through Adobe Stock (stock.adobe.com) :
[1] "Hungry Blue Jay Chick Calls for Parents." By Benjamin Gelman.
[2] "Blue Jay on a Feeding." By PEGGY.
[3] "Blue Jay Pecking at Food in The Snow." By jesuis terun_vision
[4] "Blue Jay Finishing Splashing in The Bird Bath Then Flies Away." By Harold.
[5] "Drama Unfoldd as Two Blue Jays Swoop in For a Peanut, With One Quick Grab That Leaves the Other in Hilarious Disbelief." By Tigarto
[6] "Mesmerizing Slow-Mo: Blue Jay Swiftly Swooping in for a Peanut Grab!" By Tigarto

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@Fireoflearning Месяц назад

This video was originally uploaded to our science channel, Lucinox, in February of 2024. We have moved this video here as a part of an experiment to better understand the RU-vid algorithm.

@splitfries69 Месяц назад

please do a video on the cali scrub J

@nathangibson2114 Месяц назад

There is hardly anything in lucinox...

@zachseeman5235 26 дней назад

well it served to recommend it to me. 🤔 days later. still good someone covered these corvids

@MansakeLabsOfficial Месяц назад

Blue Jays are also known to make comedic video essays on military history.

@Asiago9 Месяц назад

On the same day as fires are covering bluejays it seems

@balpreetsingh6834 Месяц назад

Yeah, so is this a conspiracy between BlueJay and Fire of Learning?

@Tyleya Месяц назад

I came here to say the same thing!😂😂

@Akren905 Месяц назад

He did almost get into CPgrey territory last video ahahah.

@MatthewTheWanderer 29 дней назад

Yeah, it was weird seeing BlueJay release a video right before this one.

@matthewwoods6501 29 дней назад

I like to think so

@MarcMagma Месяц назад

Funny coincidence. The channel Blue Jay uploaded a new video just 2 minutes ago.

@miscellaneoussarnian5282 Месяц назад

I tell

@robstone9628 Месяц назад

but is it a coincidence?

@guyparris4871 Месяц назад

I am glad that you differentiated between blue jay and stellar jay as when I moved to Seattle everyone called a Stellar Jay a Blue Jay!

@dylan-5287 Месяц назад

In California we have scrub Jay's all over the place and everyone calls them blue Jay's too.

@TestUser-cf4wj 29 дней назад

@@dylan-5287 Scrub jays are awesome. I once saw a scrub jay grab a finch that was foraging on the ground, take off with it in it's talons (do jays have talons?), fly straight up in a corkscrew to a height of about thirty feet and then drop the finch, killing it. I have no idea what that finch did to piss that jay off, but it was cool to see.

@dylan-5287 29 дней назад

@@TestUser-cf4wj they're interesting birds, all the finches and other small birds stay clear of them around here. We've got a pair of scrub Jay's that live in our yard all year long. They made a nest right outside one of our windows last year too. That's gnarly to attack other birds that outright haha.

@Nobody-s824 Месяц назад

I had a blue jay friend that would visit to get in shell peanuts. He/She would pick up different ones, "weigh" each by bobbing their head up and down a little. And then pick whatever one seemed the best. They also make a sound I call "squeaky door" bc that's what it reminds me of! The one that visited me wasn't phased by other birds or squirrels going at the seed and peanuts at the same time. Such beautiful and smart birds!

@eugeniaamariei8626 Месяц назад

I was just watching BlueJay's new video on pirate kings and got notified of this. 😂

@grayski3324 Месяц назад

Well, one is smart enough to work at the park.

@JamesZ32100 Месяц назад

And hangout with a raccoon as a bestfriend 😂

@deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339 Месяц назад

And speaking of that blue jay, he was a s-i-m-p.

@YuvinTop Месяц назад

And briefly became a space park worker and fully become an painter

@amym.4823 29 дней назад

Huh, uh, huh, huh 🤣

@Esme-adventure-awaits Месяц назад

I’ve never seen a blue jay in person. Great info on blue jays 👌

@ecurewitz Месяц назад

Come here to New England. They are quite common

@1TakoyakiStore Месяц назад

Blue Jays are so silly. At my bird feeder they will shovel out all the seeds they don't like and keep all the sunflower seeds for themselves. I've heard that they also do something similar with peanuts (no relation to the capybara).

@ronrothrock7116 Месяц назад

Regarding the call mimicry toward the end of the video... I've seen them do this to squirrels while the squirrel is cashing food. The squirrel run and hides and the jay swoops in and raids the cash.

@zpirateko2129 Месяц назад

They have exhibited behavior that scientists have described as a form of "groundskeeping"

@lovenothate Месяц назад

4:08 I learned something today that I wasn't expecting. You said that blue jays share their genus with only one other bird, the Stellar jay. This left me quite confused as I'm quite familiar with green jays, which live in Texas where I grew up. So I looked it up and now I know that green jays are actually more closely related to ravens than blue jays! THank you for the teachable moments!

@jeffalbillar7625 Месяц назад

I never knew that there was a green Jay. Thank YOU for passing on your knowledge

@user-nu8ob5vc6s Месяц назад

What about scrubjays? Not the same genus?

@jeffalbillar7625 Месяц назад

@@user-nu8ob5vc6s what the heck? Scrub jays? 🤯

@cfw91491 29 дней назад

Scrub Jay genus is Aphelocoma but they are indeed blue.

@TestUser-cf4wj 29 дней назад

@@cfw91491Which is why, on the west coast, they're called bluejays

@ColbyRRice Месяц назад

I was very calmly and maturely listening to all the fascinating facts in this video... and then I spat out my coffee, laughing UPROARIOUSLY at "she wants a man that keeps it 100". 🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant.

@deltastudios3618 Месяц назад

Wow, BlueJay uploaded the same day as this video about Blue Jays. Coincidence? I think not!

@timorean320 Месяц назад

I live in Fla., have lived at current home, almost 6 years. I started feeding some squirrels, and now I feed everything. When I walk outside, and a Blue Jay hears a peanut hit cement, its like a Hitchcock Movie. Some are regulars, know I aint gonna do nothing, and fly right to me. Im waiting for 1 to land on my lap 1 day, lol. Very Intelligent animals.

@Mote. Месяц назад

I was just talking about blue jays recently. They're so awesome.

@chrislyons5556 Месяц назад

I’m from Canada and I love the blue jays

@jonbenoit333 Месяц назад

I love these so much. Thanks for the videos

@goofyrulez7914 Месяц назад

I never thought much about Blue Jays (they're not native where I live) until I saw one on The Big Bang Theory. I was really impressed, it's a magnificent bird!

@lisapop5219 Месяц назад

We have had a pair that set up housekeeping in the bush in our front yard. They are aggressive af! This year, they didn't come back.

@sethleoric2598 Месяц назад

It's also an expert slacker, and gets into adventures with it's raccoon friend.

@natethegreat5968 Месяц назад

Weird that this was uploaded on the same day I certain other channel uploaded. Makes you think

@andrewkovnat Месяц назад

I love blue jays I love blue jays I love blue jays I love blue jays I love blue jays I love blue jays I love blue jays I love blue jays I love blue jays

@nicodemusedwards6931 Месяц назад

Hm. How strange. To be released so close to BlueJay’s own video. What an odd coincidence. Odder still that there seem to be blue feathers scattered about, good sir.

@melloweyeV Месяц назад

Ahhhhh! loved the video!

@syrpentina 26 дней назад

I love to see them at my feeders. They have such big perdonalities! They're such clever, beautiful, family-oriented birds 🤗💕

@Gelatinocyte2 29 дней назад

So Mordecai can fool Sandy by mimicking a voice, just so he can steal her stash of food. I think that's pretty smart. However, it seems like consistently sticking to one potential partner (known as "simping") can probably be disadvantageous.

@perceivedvelocity9914 Месяц назад

I'm 45 and have lived in western Washington state for most of my life. I have never seen a Blue Jay in the Pacific Northwest. I wonder how often they get that far west? I do see the Stellars Jay all of the time here.

@kanedafx Месяц назад

You left out the most interesting fact: their feathers aren't actually blue, they are just bent a certain way that makes them appear blue.

@Nobody-s824 Месяц назад

Yes! technically they are brown and have melanin pigment like humans

@73Goodfellow 26 дней назад

IMO, if it looks blue, it is blue. 🤷‍♂️

@Nobody-s824 26 дней назад

@@73Goodfellow but geeky science facts are fun.

@kanedafx 25 дней назад

@@73Goodfellow I get what you mean, but think about water. It's not blue when you pour it in a glass. It only looks blue in a certain light and at a certain angle. Same thing with blue jay feathers. So I wouldn't say water IS blue, I would just say it looks blue (sometimes).

@JiveDadson 28 дней назад

In central California, where I live, we have scrub jays. They look like blue jays wearing brown backpacks. I was lucky to have one befriend me last year. He would come for peanuts when I called him with a saxophone. He got married (lucky girl) and raised two healthy chicks. Their behavior was much as you described for the blue jays. Scrubby, as I called him, brought the family around to teach the young ones how to hide peanuts. I would love to know more about scrub jays. Surely they must be close relatives of blue jays.

@michaelp9707 26 дней назад

Late Winter of 2020/Early 2021 ...I discovered they love Popcorn,popped a few bags for the birds and Blue Jays loved it most along with Juncos.

@crispybacon9917 Месяц назад

I am slightly ashamed to say I thought blue jay had posted Edit: he had like 3 minutes earlier

@therwfer Месяц назад

The Blue Jay - 10 out of 10 stars

@heinrichmuller7974 Месяц назад

i've got 3 or 4 blue jays that have gotten very friendly with these past 2 summers. they do a certain call outback when i'm exercising, and when i'm downstairs in the front living room they squawk and will fly down onto the window sill and make themselves known. i feed them peanuts and have gotten close to hand feeding one, it's become a little routine, even the neighbours notice it lol _very_ clever birds as clever as they are beautiful, but they're corvid family so i expect nothing less

@RafaCB0987 Месяц назад

Really cool

@timbobrn856 Месяц назад

Love your work . I’m a big fan of the scrub jay tho. Pet peeve of mine when people call the Californian scrub jay the blue jay, but I can see how they can get them confused . Can’t wait for next history of Italy episode 😬

@TestUser-cf4wj 29 дней назад

The two jay species that are common to the PNW are the scrub jay, wich is medium-blue with a grey breast and is a gregarious, often aggressive bird. The scrub jay sometimes immitates the cals of other birds and has been seen attacking and killing smaller birds. The other is the Stellar's jay, wich is seen in this video. The Stellar's jay is usually very shy and mostly avoids contact with people.

@GillamtheGreatest Месяц назад

i have been attacked by bluejays before. was walking to work and one of their babies had falllen out of the nest and wasnt quite able to fly. i was just passing by but they werent happy about it and they attacked my head. hat protected me though

@GeorgMierau 22 дня назад

A BlueJay-channel-style rating at the end of the video would be funny :)

@markgarin6355 Месяц назад

Interesting, I've never seen in the Pacific NW... Lots of stellar jays though.

@simlucien Месяц назад

So, simping actually works somewhere? It would be blue jays.

@friedoysterskins2942 28 дней назад

they are so LOUD. But I love their chirps

@MrThatguyuknow 28 дней назад

6:36 - 7:13 This explains so many episode plots in regular show.

@Azuciea Месяц назад

We have alot of bluejays where I live and Ive seem them do some pretty mean things to other birds. They really do not like starlings for example.

@talontales Месяц назад

They seem like a larger and smarter version of the Blue Tit (as seen on my channel). Even their face patterns are similar.

@vladkornienko7889 Месяц назад

Ask Rigby.

@Balrog-tf3bg 27 дней назад

“I’m sorry Ricky I thought you were a blue jay”

@J-ge7qe Месяц назад

Blue jays sit on my roof over a wasp nest. When the wasps pop up over the roof, they get eaten. I love blue jays.

@whothefoxcares Месяц назад

Do wiley coyotes know how delicious blue jays are? -- The ACME COMPANY.

@Farb_dk Месяц назад

I just watched a video a blue jay made about pirates… apparently they are also greedy psychos

@ompwa5382 27 дней назад

Bring back the history of nations series!!! It's been 3 years now...

@amym.4823 29 дней назад

Some of the blue jays around my neighborhood can initiate hawk calls. I wonder if this keeps hawks out of their territory?

@Shaden0040 Месяц назад

the reason why Blue Jays have such intelligence and Jays in general the biggest part of the Corvid family related crows Ravens Etcetera and they are very intelligent species

@barrybarlowe5640 23 дня назад

Blue Jays at our feeders mimic hawk calls.

@Mote. Месяц назад

I often see cardinals here too.

@dr.chemical8231 26 дней назад

Forgot I had .25 in from another video early and I was so scared and confused😭😭

@barrybarlowe5640 23 дня назад

It's not so much whether they are brighter, or not, but most birds only perform if they want to.

@Degenerate.SportsCardCollector 28 дней назад

Can you do a video about blue jay economics and job market?

@terrylook7632 28 дней назад

I enjoyed the video, can anyone tell me about the old bicycle?

@SmokeyTreats 29 дней назад

I saw a hungry Blue Jay snatch a baby Sparrow from it's nest one time & began eating it alive as he flew off with it.

@ageingviking5587 Месяц назад

They are persistant.

@noahkamakeeaina5454 29 дней назад

i live in cali and there is alot of blue jays and they are so loud in the morning but they are so cool idc

@Guitcad1 27 дней назад

What is the deep blue bird at 9:12 behind the cardinal? Is that an indigo bunting?

@Fireoflearning 27 дней назад

Yes

@erichtomanek4739 26 дней назад

Are Blue Jays North America's answer to Australian Magpies?

@Eldrich4291 Месяц назад

Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

@smc9108 Месяц назад

I have a couple acres' yard full of blue jays and mockingbirds, needless to say it's a pretty cheeky peanut gallery. They dive bomb my patio doors with pebbles when the feeder is empty and leave roofing nails and various screws from God knows where on my patio table. I think they like me but live in fear of a full blown mutiny, getting pecked to oblivion some day on my tractor.

@SquatchStomper Месяц назад

I always knew that they were smart

@nyalgoodatxbox Месяц назад

I have some information about on a creature in the blood run cave system in Greenbrier County they call it the cave creature like more human the animal it’s got human like legs human type arms but he’s hairless look it up

@jamesryan360 Месяц назад

Jays are a type of crow, so ...probably

@micahrobbins8353 Месяц назад

Was this uploaded on the wrong channel?

@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 29 дней назад

You know how they found out all this info? A Crow told them.

@LukeShartWalker 2 дня назад

May the Flush be with you.

@gregoryrollins59 29 дней назад

Where i live we have steller jays. One comes and says hi every morning. Beautiful bird. It's black and blue, so i named it bluck. I also have a couple of robins that come around, but their not real friendly. So no name for them. Birds are cool, and remember, birds aren't real lol 😆 😂 😮 Peace and Ahev

@stefanschleps8758 15 дней назад

Did you read Jonathon Livingston Seagull?

@SDGrave Месяц назад

I just watched his latest video 😂

@Majorkill675 24 дня назад

So how smart would you say they are compared to, oh idk.. racoons?

@Pacebeats 24 дня назад

Blue Jay Oakerson

@ehunt7498 27 дней назад

Well judging Modecai from regular show I would say no 😂

@KhaoticDeterminism 29 дней назад

🤔 #2Spirit

@RestlessRebel Месяц назад

Mordecai

@edmundthespiffing2920 Месяц назад

I don't know, dude. Benson says Mordecai is pretty stupid.

@YuvinTop Месяц назад

Same to Rigby too🦝

@WavesWatcher1 28 дней назад

I have not yet seen any evidence of it

@sallyton763 Месяц назад

@dandagerman6604 Месяц назад

the moral of the story is that squirrels lie. They lie lie lie like a dog.

@markschroter2640 Месяц назад

The ones around here don't appear to be anywhere near as smart as crows, magpies or ravens.

@Les537 29 дней назад

I have a crow couple and a handful of bluejays sharing my space. They are some smart birds and they love those peanuts. Rock on.

@Akren905 Месяц назад

Ive trained about 30 jays out in memramcook nb. I can call them in they knock on windows. Look innthem n call threw open windows n run along the shed roof once they notice im out and about for... PEANUTS LOL