Anyone who spends time birdwatching in high or low elevations of coniferous forests in the Western U.S. and Canada are likely to see the bold and inquisitive Steller’s jay. They do well in forests ...

After a storm, the mountains are still, and sounds are muffled by the deep white powder that weighs down the bending pine boughs and covers the forest floor. At times, the only sound in the silence is ...

DEAR JOAN: I’m used to the squawking of Steller’s jays, but one regular visitor to our yard mimics the cry of hawks in our area. Have you ever heard of this? Any explanation? DEAR GARY: Steller’s jays ...

Sitting in my blind at 20 degrees Fahrenheit is seldom easy. However, the bird action around my feeder was intense, and I was kept busy enough photographing them that I didn’t notice the cold much.

I watch a big bird in a striking blue-black suit hiphopping from branch to branch on the oaks outside my window. It’s going for the seed in the feeder that swings in the breeze, and clearly outweighs ...

YAKIMA, Wash. — A Yakama Nation biologist notes “an almost complete failure of Cascade Range conifers in the region west of Yakima to produce cones this fall, in contrast with last fall when almost ...

Bay Area residents are familiar with the sound of a jay flying into a window. Michael Ellis explains the behavior and more about the family of local jays. A friend of mine, Bob, called me about a ...

Every few weeks, between blowing semi truck and trailer rigs over on Interstate 84 and making the blacksmith's anvils we use for wind chimes here ring with a volume of an Oregon Duck football crowd, ...