Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Family: Crows, jays, and magpies
Pinyon Jay is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
Eight days after leaving the nest, the young learn to feed themselves a diet of mainly insects and soft plants.
Breeding activities from nest-building to the feeding of fledglings are related to the availability of conifer seeds and have been recorded for every month except December.
Nestlings eat insects, soft plants, and pinyon seeds when they are plentiful.