{"id":142407,"date":"2025-03-31T02:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T07:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=142407"},"modified":"2025-03-30T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T20:44:04","slug":"blue-jay-with-nesting-material-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/03\/31\/blue-jay-with-nesting-material-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jay With Nesting Material In Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been wonderfully amazing for me to see and photograph eastern birds again, including this Blue Jay with nesting material in their bill here in Arkansas.<\/p>\n

Blue Jays are abundant here in Arkansas. They sure weren\u2019t common in Utah. Blue Jays are bold, brilliant, and downright beautiful, especially when the light catches their blues just right.<\/p>\n

\"AdultAdult Blue Jay with nesting material in Arkansas \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Four days ago, I was sitting outside with my camera handy when this Blue Jay came in looking for nesting materials. I\u2019m certainly glad she or he did that while the light was nice.<\/p>\n

I have a pretty good idea where this jay is building their nest in the pines because I\u2019ve seen jays repeatedly flying up to the same spot in one of the trees. If they do nest there, lay eggs, and hatch young, I may be lucky enough to see their chicks fledge.<\/p>\n

By the way, Blue Jays lay 3 to 7 eggs which hatch in 16 to 18 days.<\/p>\n

Blue Jay babies are super cute! Small, fluffy, and full of attitude from the start.<\/p>\n

When the young jays get a little older, they can get sassy, loud, and pretty inquisitive. I hope to photograph them doing all kinds of baby bird things this spring and summer.<\/p>\n

Right now, I\u2019m quite content to photograph the adult Blue Jays gathering nesting materials, taking baths, flying in for sunflower seeds, and listening to their calls<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

They sure are easy on the eyes too! With those striking colors and bold personalities, it\u2019s hard not to be captivated by them. Yeah, I don\u2019t even try to ignore their appeal.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Blue Jay photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been wonderfully amazing for me to see and photograph eastern birds again, including this Blue Jay with nesting material in their bill here in Arkansas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13950,27,13602,13951],"tags":[4004,13965,13604,8187,13603,13931,3747,4109,6792,2714,4182,4450,16346,165,13966],"class_list":["post-142407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-avian","category-blue-jays","category-sebastian-county","tag-adult","tag-arkansas","tag-blue-jay","tag-corvid","tag-cyanocitta-cristata","tag-garden","tag-grass","tag-grasses","tag-jay","tag-jays","tag-nesting-material","tag-nesting-season","tag-sebastain-county","tag-spring","tag-yard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/blue-jay-nesting-material-mia-mcpherson-1889.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-B2T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143095,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/04\/25\/spring-blue-jay-photos-from-arkansas\/","url_meta":{"origin":142407,"position":0},"title":"Spring Blue Jay Photos From Arkansas","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s easy for me to be delighted to take Blue Jay photos because I went so long without seeing or photographing them while I lived in Utah.","rel":"","context":"In "Arkansas"","block_context":{"text":"Arkansas","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/arkansas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pair of Blue Jays in a pear tree, Sebastian County, Arkansas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blue-jay-spring-arkansas-pair-mia-mcpherson-7931.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blue-jay-spring-arkansas-pair-mia-mcpherson-7931.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blue-jay-spring-arkansas-pair-mia-mcpherson-7931.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/blue-jay-spring-arkansas-pair-mia-mcpherson-7931.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":132994,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/08\/24\/young-blue-jay-pin-feathers-and-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":142407,"position":1},"title":"Young Blue Jay, Pin Feathers, And Growth","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"When I had this young Blue Jay in my viewfinder, I could clearly see that it was immature. 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