https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/id
A large, dark jay of evergreen forests in the mountainous West. Steller's Jays are common in forest wildernesses but are also fixtures of campgrounds, parklands, and backyards, where they are quick to spy bird feeders as well as unattended picnic items. When patrolling the woods, Steller's Jays stick to the high canopy, but you'll hear their harsh, scolding calls if they're nearby.

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/stellers-jay
Steller's Jay is most numerous in dense coniferous woods of the mountains and the northwest coast, where its dark colors blend in well in the shadows. Except when nesting it lives in flocks, and the birds will often fly across a clearing one at a time, in single file, giving their low shook-shook calls as they swoop up to perch in a tall pine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_jay
Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a bird native to western North America and the mountains of Central America, closely related to the blue jay (C. cristata) found in eastern North America.It is the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains.It is also sometimes colloquially called a "blue jay" in the Pacific Northwest, but is distinct from the blue jay of eastern North America.

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https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/bird-species/songbirds/stellers-jays/
A Steller's jay is a blue bird with a black head. Smart, gregarious and handsome, the black and blue Steller's jay is named after German naturalist Georg Steller —not for their stellar looks. He first classified them on an expedition to an Alaskan island in 1741. From a distance, the Steller's, which is related to the blue jay, may look

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/overview
A large, dark jay of evergreen forests in the mountainous West. Steller's Jays are common in forest wildernesses but are also fixtures of campgrounds, parklands, and backyards, where they are quick to spy bird feeders as well as unattended picnic items. When patrolling the woods, Steller's Jays stick to the high canopy, but you'll hear their harsh, scolding calls if they're nearby.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/lifehistory
A large, dark jay of evergreen forests in the mountainous West. Steller's Jays are common in forest wildernesses but are also fixtures of campgrounds, parklands, and backyards, where they are quick to spy bird feeders as well as unattended picnic items. When patrolling the woods, Steller's Jays stick to the high canopy, but you'll hear their harsh, scolding calls if they're nearby.

https://abcbirds.org/bird/stellers-jay/
Steller's Jays typically nest in the shelter of a dense conifer, where both members of the pair build a bulky nest of twigs, weeds, moss, and leaves, held together with mud and lined with softer materials such as rootlets and pine needles. The Steller's Jay and the Blue Jay are the only New World jays that use mud in nest construction.

https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/stellers-jay
What they eat: The Steller's Jay diet includes insects, seeds, berries, nuts, and even small animals, eggs, or nestlings.They're not picky at feeders, either, but they tend to go for sunflower seeds, cracked corn, millet, and peanuts. Where they live: These birds live in forests and other woodland habitats.Steller's Jays have a thin range that extends from along western Mexico up to

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/stellers-jay
The Steller's jay is a bold and aggressive species frequently found scavenging in campgrounds, picnic areas, and feeding stations in the West. The bird's flight is strong and steady, with

https://ebird.org/species/stejay
Explore Steller's Jay. Exotic species. Black-and-blue with a crest. Widespread in western North America, from Alaska to Nicaragua. Shows marked variation across range: coastal populations are the darkest, with no pale markings around the eye. Central American birds have shorter crest, limited black on the face, and very bold white markings

https://animalia.bio/stellers-jay
The Steller's jay doesn't face any major threats at present. Population number According to the All About Birds resource the total breeding population size of the Steller's jay is around 2.8 million individuals. Currently, this species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List, and its numbers today are increasing.

http://birdweb.org/BIRDWEB/bird/stellers_jay
The Steller's Jay is a striking bird with deep blue and black plumage and a long, shaggy crest. The front of its body is black, and the rear is deep blue. The black extends midway down its back and down its breast. It has faint, dark barring on its wings. Adults have blue vertical 'eyebrows' above each eye.

https://birdfact.com/articles/female-stellers-jays
Steller's jays are a colorful member of the Corvidae family, which contains various crows, ravens, grackles, jackdaws, and other mostly black birds. The Steller's jay is closely related to the Blue jay, which also lives in North America. Like many other corvids, telling male and female Steller's jays apart is notoriously difficult.

https://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Stellers-Jay.html
Steller's Jay Nesting Habits. The nest is a sturdy cup of sticks and twigs lined with small roots, fibers, and mud. Located 8 to 16 feet above the ground, on a branch, or in a crotch of a conifer. The female lays a clutch of 2 to 6 eggs, usually 4, which are greenish-blue with brown speckles. Incubation is done by the female for about 16 days.

https://flatheadaudubon.org/bird-of-the-month/the-stellar-stellers-jay/
Steller's Jay has a lot of regional variation, with 16 recognized subspecies. Subspecies may be differentiated by the length and color of forehead streaking, typically blue in "coastal" birds and bold white in "interior" Steller's Jays, and by the extent of black on their head and the color of their throat.

https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/meet-jays-blue-jays-stellers-jays-western-scrub-jays/
Steller's Jay. The next time you hear a quick shek-shek-shek in the mountainous West, look up, and you might spot a Steller's jay. Common in evergreen forests, this type of jay typically sticks to exploring the higher canopies but will swoop into backyards to stop by feeders. It's the only all-dark jay with a crest, and it has small white

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/photo-gallery
A large, dark jay of evergreen forests in the mountainous West. Steller's Jays are common in forest wildernesses but are also fixtures of campgrounds, parklands, and backyards, where they are quick to spy bird feeders as well as unattended picnic items. When patrolling the woods, Steller's Jays stick to the high canopy, but you'll hear their harsh, scolding calls if they're nearby.

http://blogs.evergreen.edu/birds/stellers-jay/
The Steller 's Jay is an easily recognizable medium to large songbird. The most distinguishable feature being its prominent triangular crest. It has a greyish black head, neck, breast, and back, with dark blue plumage elsewhere. It has a long tail and broad wings with narrow black barring on both. The bill is long, thick, and pointed, which

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWct-_RQNoE
Living along the Pacific Ocean Coast of North and Central America from Southern Alaska to Nicaragua, the splendid Steller's Jay has the most extensive range

https://flatheadaudubon.org/bird-of-the-month/blue-jay-stellers-jay/
The Steller's Jay and the Blue Jay are the only North American jays that use mud in the construction of their nests. During courtship, the male Blue Jay chases the female. They prefer to nest in deciduous trees, with cottonwoods being a favorite locally. Both parents incubate the 4-5 brown spotted buff eggs and both share the feeding of the

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/sounds
A large, dark jay of evergreen forests in the mountainous West. Steller's Jays are common in forest wildernesses but are also fixtures of campgrounds, parklands, and backyards, where they are quick to spy bird feeders as well as unattended picnic items. When patrolling the woods, Steller's Jays stick to the high canopy, but you'll hear their harsh, scolding calls if they're nearby.

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https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Stellers_Jay/maps-range
A large, dark jay of evergreen forests in the mountainous West. Steller's Jays are common in forest wildernesses but are also fixtures of campgrounds, parklands, and backyards, where they are quick to spy bird feeders as well as unattended picnic items. When patrolling the woods, Steller's Jays stick to the high canopy, but you'll hear their harsh, scolding calls if they're nearby.