The blue jay feeds mainly on seeds and nuts, such as acorns, which it may hide to eat later soft fruits arthropods and occasionally small vertebrates. Males and females are similar in size and plumage, and plumage does not vary throughout the year. Its coloration is predominantly blue, with a white chest and underparts, and a blue crest it has a black, U-shaped collar around its neck and a black border behind the crest. It breeds in both deciduous and coniferous forests, and is common in residential areas. Resident populations are also in Newfoundland, Canada breeding populations are found across southern Canada. It lives in most of the eastern and central United States some eastern populations may be migratory.
The blue jay ( Cyanocitta cristata) is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America.