Smaller, crestless jay with a long sharply pointed bill and shorter tail. Entirely dull blue, except for whitish chin.
The bill is longer and the tail shorter than other jays. Dull bluish gray overall.
Eats seeds, plants, insects, acorns, and visits bird feeders.
Crestless dull blue jay with a long, pointed bill and short tail.
From below often looks grayish. Uses its long, pointed bill to access pine seeds.
Eats seeds, plants, insects, acorns, and visits bird feeders.
Highly social. Breeds in colonies and forages in large flocks.
Found in groups in pinyon-juniper woodland, sagebrush, scrub oak, and chaparral.
Forms large, often noisy flocks.
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The Pinyon Jay is a medium-sized and crestless jay that kind of looks like a miniature crow. It has a shorter tail and a longer more daggerlike bill than other jays.
Larger than a Townsend's Solitaire, smaller than an American Crow.
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