Blue Jay – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Blue Jay Looking Right At Me

By Mia McPherson|November 6th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: autumn, Blue Jay, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, fall, garden, head on, jay, jays, look, suburban, viewfinder, wooden post, yard|

I spent years being Blue Jay deprived, so I am really relishing seeing, hearing, and photographing them now. Having Blue Jays in my viewfinder is truly a joy!

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Young Blue Jay, Pin Feathers, And Growth

By Mia McPherson|August 24th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: Arkansas, Blue Jay, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, feather, feeder, garden, growth, immature, jay, jays, pin feathers, Sebastian County, summer, teen-aged, urban, yard, young|

When I had this young Blue Jay in my viewfinder, I could clearly see that it was immature. The pin feathers and new growth told me everything I needed to know.

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Blue Jay Images From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|May 7th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Arkansas, background, bird bath, Blue Jay, close up, colorful, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, dark, drink, feeder, garden, jay, jays, portrait, rain, Sebastian County, spring, urban, yard|

I had a blast taking these Blue Jay images at Steve Creek's home in Arkansas. Soon after the bluebirds fledged, the jays felt safe to come into the feeders.

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Blue Jay Portrait With A Glowing Background

By Mia McPherson|April 22nd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, background, Blue Jay, close up, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, garden, glowing, jay, jays, morning light, pine straw, portrait, spring, urban, yard|

There are times when I take a photo, upload it to my computer, open it to view it on my screen, and my breath gets taken away. This Blue Jay portrait did that.

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Young And Adult Blue Jay Photos From Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|August 1st, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Blue Jay, branch, calling, Cicada, close up, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, driftwood, drinking, exoskeleton, immature, jay, jays, pine, portrait, spring, summer, tree, trunk, urban, water, yard, young|

This morning, I am sharing young and adult Blue Jay photos that I took from my dear friend Steve Creek's deck while I was staying with him in Arkansas.

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Young Blue Jay Upside Down At A Feeder

By Mia McPherson|June 22nd, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: Blue Jay, close up, corvids, Cyanocitta cristata, feeder, immature, jay, jays, portrait, summer, upside down, urban, young|

Given how odd spring has been for me personally, it seemed appropriate for me to photograph a young Blue Jay hanging upside down on the first day of summer.

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Blue Jay Portrait In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|June 11th, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Blue Jays, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Blue Jay, close up, Cyanocitta cristata, feeder, jay, jays, portrait, seed, spring, sunflower, yard|

For some people, a Blue Jay portrait might be a common image to capture, but for me, it's not common at all. This particular one was taken in Arkansas, not Utah.

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My Birding By Ear Affliction

By Mia McPherson|January 7th, 2023|Categories: American Crows, Barred Owls, Birds, Blue Jays, Florida, Hillsborough County, Lettuce Lake Regional Park, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, American Crow, autumn, Barred Owl, birding by ear, Blue Jay, branches, corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, crow, crows, Cyanocitta cristata, epiphytic flowering plant, fall, hardwood hammock, ice, jay, jays, marsh, owl, owls, peanut, perched, Spanish Moss, Strix varia, Tillandsia usneoides, tree, wetlands, winter|

My birding by ear affliction isn't that I can't hear birds; it is that I can't not hear them. Even when I am on the phone with my friends.

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