Episode 73: Blue Jay – Voice of the Wild

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). A common corvid with a big vocabulary. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of the Wild every Friday to explore a new wild voice. We’re available on most podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscription links Here Subscribe to the NewsletterListen online on our HomepageThe following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: Blue Jay "jay" call 1 by Wil Hershberger (ML507916)Blue Jay "jay" call 2 by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML507922)Blue Jay red-tail mimic by Lucie R. Gunn (ML507946)Blue Jay red-shouldered mimic by Wil Hershberger (ML227078211)Blue Jay grinding call by Wil Hershberger (ML507923)Blue Jay "gentle honking" call by William W. H. Gunn (ML507931)Blue Jay alarm squeaking by Robert C. Stein and Robert B. Angstadt (ML507939)Blue Jay rusty gate call by Robert C. Stein and Eugene Morton (ML507936)Blue Jay musical rusty gate call by Matthew D. Medler  (ML507942)Blue Jay "whisper" song by Martha Fischer (ML507918)Blue Jay "jay" call 3 by Wil Hershberger (ML507915)Sources and more: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blue-jay  Godfrey, M. A., & Kaufman, Kenn. (Directors). (2004). National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America [Video recording]. In Audubon videoguide to 505 birds of North America DVD I & DVD II (Fullscreen.). Godfrey-Stadin Productions.Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.Walton, R. K., & Lawson, R. W. (1989). Birding by Ear: Eastern/Central [Compact Disc]. On Eastern/Central birding by ear. Houghton Mifflin Co.