Blue Jay Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Calls
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West Virginia, May 26, 2000Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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South Carolina, June 03, 1994Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
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Florida, March 30, 1962Recorded by Randolph Little | Macaulay Library
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Maryland, April 29, 1997Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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New York, September 23, 1979Recorded by Hugh P. McIsaac | Macaulay Library
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New York, August 17, 1989Recorded by William Evans | Macaulay Library
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Maryland, February 28, 1998Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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Mississippi, April 21, 1961Recorded by Robert C. Stein | Macaulay Library
Whisper song
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New York, April 16, 2009Recorded by Martha Fischer | Macaulay Library

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Songs

The Blue Jay vocalization most often considered a song is the “whisper song,” a soft, quiet conglomeration of clicks, chucks, whirrs, whines, liquid notes, and elements of other calls; a singing bout may last longer than 2 minutes.

Calls

Blue Jays make a large variety of calls. The most often heard is a loud jeer, Also makes clear whistled notes and gurgling sounds. Blue Jays frequently mimic hawks, especially Red-shouldered Hawks.

Other Sounds

Blue Jays may snap their bills in intense aggressive displays. When caught in a trap or when nestlings are taken from nest, may hammer beak loudly on perch.