Jays

Jays and Crows of North America

North American birds include species found in the United States (excluding Hawaii) and Canada that are breeding species, regular visitors, and casual and accidental species from other regions that are believed to have strayed here without direct human aid, and well-established introduced species that are now part of our avifauna. In addition, as an identification aid, I have included photos of these species even if the photos were taken outside of the North American area.

All Photos are © Marshall Faintich

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Blue Jay

Waynesboro, VA April 2020	Rockfish Valley, VA December 2007	Crozet, VA December 2016	Waynesboro, VA September 2020
Rockfish Valley, VA November 2013	Rockfish Valley, VA May 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA November 2015	Rockfish Valley, VA April 2016
Albemarle County, VA December 2019	Crozet, VA October 2018	Crozet, VA October 2018	Waynesboro, VA March 2020
Crozet, VA September 2020	Crozet, VA October 2020	Crozet, VA November 2020	Crozet, VA November 2020
Crozet, VA October 2022	Crozet, VA October 2022	Crozet, VA November 2022	Waynesboro, VA September 2022

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay

Sedona, AZ May 2010	Sedona, AZ May 2010	Sedona, AZ May 2010	Sedona, AZ May 2010
Mt. Lemmon, AZ May 2021	Mt. Lemmon, AZ May 2021	Hunter Canyon, AZ May 2021	Hunter Canyon, AZ May 2021

Mexican Jay

Madera Canyon, AZ
January 2017

Madera Canyon, AZ
May 2021

Clark's Nutcracker

Lake Louise, Canada July 2013	Lake Louise, Canada July 2013	Lake Louise, Canada July 2013	Lake Louise, Canada July 2013
Lake Louise, Canada July 2013	Lake Louise, Canada July 2013	Lake Louise, Canada July 2013	Lake Louise, Canada July 2013

Black-billed Magpie

Katmai NP, AK July 2019	Katmai NP, AK July 2019	Katmai NP, AK July 2019	King Salmon, AK July 2019
Calgary, Canada July 2013	Jasper NP, Canada July 2013	Banff, Canada July 2013	Banff, Canada July 2013

American Crow

Rockfish Valley, VA February 2007	Rockfish Valley, VA February 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA August 2008	Crozet, VA July 2021
Waynesboro, VA April 2021	Rockfish Valley, VA November 2015	Crozet, VA June 2020	Crozet, VA June 2020
Stuart's Draft, VA November 2018	Crozet, VA June 2020	Crozet, VA June 2020	Crozet, VA December 2020

Fish Crow

Crozet, VA December 2013	Crozet, VA December 2013	Crozet, VA March 2019	Crozet, VA March 2019
Rockfish Gap, VA September 2009	Rockfish Valley, VA January 2010	Rockfish Valley, VA January 2010	Rudee Inlet, VA January 2016

Northwestern Crow

Fox Island, AK
July 2019

Seward, AK
July 2019

Seattle, WA
July 2013

Common Raven

Santa Cruz Flats, AZ January 2017	Santa Cruz Flats, AZ January 2017	Santa Cruz Flats, AZ January 2017	Santa Cruz Flats, AZ January 2017
Devils Knob, VA August 2008	Rockfish Gap, VA September 2011	Rockfish Valley, VA August 2008	Rockfish Valley, VA August 2014
Devils Knob, VA August 2009	Rockfish Gap, VA September 2009	Devils Knob, VA November 2012	Rockfish Gap, VA September 2009
Sedona, AZ May 2010	Sedona, AZ May 2010	Sedona, AZ May 2010	Glacier NP, MT July 2013
Blue Ridge Parkway, VA; June 2020	Blue Ridge Parkway, VA; May 2016	Blue Grass Valley, VA, January 2018	Blue Ridge Parkway, VA; August 2018
Nenana, AK July 2019	Spencer Lake, AK July 2019	Blue Ridge Parkway, VA; September 2019	Blue Ridge Parkway, VA; October 2019