What animals do Scrub-Jay eat?

Western scrub-jays are omnivores. They feed on small animals, such as frogs and lizards, eggs and young of other birds, insects, and (particularly in winter) grains, nuts, and berries. They will also eat fruit and vegetables growing in backyards.

Are Scrub-Jays friendly?

California Scrub-Jays are aggressive and dangerous to smaller birds such as crowned sparrows, which keep a radius of a few yards when a jay is present.

What small animals do Scrub-Jays eat?

California Scrub-Jays eat mostly insects and fruit during spring and summer. They switch to nuts and seeds during fall and winter, especially acorns. They also eat small animals such as lizards and nestling birds, sometimes shadowing adult birds to find their nests.

What animal eats the western scrub jay?

Coastal subspecies are often found in backyards. Adult and juvenile jays must watch out for predators including raptors, common ravens, snakes, and other jays.

How can you tell a male from a female scrub jay?

Males and females look exactly the same. The only visual difference is that females are usually slightly smaller, a distinction that is imperceptible when peering at the Scrub Jay fluttering about your backyard.

Are scrub jays carnivorous?

Scrub jays are omnivorous and eat invertebrates, fruit, seeds, baby birds, bird eggs, small rodents, frogs, peanuts and acorns. And as you discovered, they’ll even attack and eat small adult birds that have been injured.

Are Scrub-Jays carnivorous?

Do scrub jays eat baby birds?

Scrub jays are omnivorous and eat invertebrates, fruit, seeds, baby birds, bird eggs, small rodents, frogs, peanuts and acorns.

What month do Scrub-Jays lay eggs?

Western scrub-jays breed once yearly. Western scrub-jays breed from March to April.

Are Scrub-Jays smart?

Recent research has suggested that western scrub jays, along with several other corvids, are among the most intelligent of animals. The brain-to-body mass ratio of adult scrub jays rivals that of chimpanzees and cetaceans, and is dwarfed only by that of humans.

Do blue jays have good memory?

The jays, bright colors in our ever-fading landscape, take sunflower seeds, as well, as many as 20 per visit, stuffed in their cheeks to be cached. That’s a lot of hiding places; they have prodigious memories. Research has found that birds use memory aids in this behavior, such as trees, rocks and other landmarks.