“The theory was that the blue jays were missing calcium from their diet in the wintertime, and that they were eating paint ...

D espite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

However, this is not true. Blue Jays belong to the Corvid family, also known as “Corvidae”, which is the same family that includes crows, ravens, magpies, rooks, coughs, etc, all of which ...