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English: Blue jay cracking nuts - the ability is fairly well developed. Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages. Blue Jays also lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings.
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Deutsch: Blauhäher mit ausgefeilter Nussknack-Technik.
English: Blue jay cracking nuts - the ability is fairly well developed. Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages. Blue Jays also lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings.
Español: Un ejemplar de arrendajo azul (Cyanocitta cristata), un
córvido nativo de América septentrional.
The nut cracking ability is fairly well developed. Interesting visitor near the end - I'll post that one later.
Cool Facts:
Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages.
Blue Jays lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings.
Deutsch: Blauhäher mit ausgefeilter Nussknack-Technik.
English: Blue jay cracking nuts - the ability is fairly well developed. Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages. Blue Jays also lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings.
Español: Un ejemplar de arrendajo azul (Cyanocitta cristata), un
córvido nativo de América septentrional.
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