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I feel a real affinity to all the corvidae family

The Blue Jay is a beauty

doofaloofa wrote:

Odsox wrote: Also nearby, we have all the members of the crow family bar one.We have Hooded Crows, Ravens, Rooks, Magpies, Jackdaws, Choughs and Jays. The one we don't have is the Carrion Crow.

I've never seen a Jay in the 20 years here

I assumed they were not native to this area

According to my Collins bird book, the Jay is described as "breeds rather more thinly than it's main breeding range" on the distribution map of Ireland.
I agree it's a beautiful bird, but has a rather screeching call.

Different worlds
Blackbirds, house sparrows, starlings!!!!!!! Aggressive feral invaders taking over space from our wrens, honeyeaters, thornbills, finches, shrikes, wattlebirds, parrots etc.