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When he was about 6 years old, he’d visit his best friend’s family at a nearby property where he’d see them shooting blue jays for sport.

It is a backyard visited by darting sparrows and dignified blue jays lingering in the skeletal tree branches of spring.

In 52 weekly entries, she sings the praises of clever crows and is heartened by the sight of blue jays and mockingbirds enjoying the heated birdbath she installed for them.

The UC study found that male spiders become motionless and "freeze" when a blue jay calls nearby.

In downtown Perry, Iowa, on Friday, residents wore blue to support each other, reflecting the school district’s mascot, the blue jay.