Day 4: Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) is a member of the family of Corvids which also includes Crows and Ravens. Like other members of the group, Jays of all sorts are intelligent and crafty, if perhaps not on quite the same scale as their black-feathered cousins. These brilliantly colored visitors to my feeders maintain a fine balance between their self-confidence and their innate wariness of humans, often landing on the "crow board" when I have stepped only a short distance away after delivering their breakfast. Were I to turn suddenly, they would disperse in a flurry of blue feathers while voicing a raucous warning, although they would soon return, knowing from experience that I pose no menace.
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