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Blue jays are among the more underrated birds, because they are common throughout the eastern United States and have a raucous alarm cry. Common or not, blue jays have glorious colors and beautiful songs (and group songs) in addition to various calls.
A blue jay also enjoys a good bath. Of course, one has to inspect one's bathing place careful. Is the water deep enough? Is the temperature correct?
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Yes, that seem about right. Let's go for it!
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Perhaps one more dip.
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Time for a little air-drying.
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A thoroughly soaked blue jay doesn't look as neat and trim as usual. So let's leave with a portrait of a mostly dry blue jay.
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Although blue jays are everywhere east of the Rockies, in the west the magnificent Steller's jay fills the jay niche.
Photo note: I used a Pentax *ist D, with the SMC-A* 200mm macro for the first four photos (taken in May 2007) and the SMC 1000mm reflex lens for the last photo (taken in spring 2006).
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