20240121-_DSC0802 - Canada Jay

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20240121-_DSC0802 - Canada Jay
20240121-_DSC0802 - Canada Jay

This member of the Corvids Family calls our northern boreal forests home and with their fluffy coats and the ability to store caches of food they can handle our cold Canadian winters quite readily. With their viscous saliva from specialized glands they are capable of coating their food prior to placing it in caches at various sites so it will be preserved until needed.
When feeding they scour the ground as well as vegetation searching for insects, fruit, seeds, fungi, carrion, berries, other birds eggs and even nestlings. Their favored habitat is lichen-festooned boreal forests with a good stand of fir and spruce located anywhere between Alaska and Newfoundland including the Maritime Provinces.
Most of the time they are a quiet species but possess an inquisitive nature and are quite skillful at stealing food if it happens to be handy at picnic sites or campgrounds. Bold and cunning would best describe the way they can glide out of a coniferous stand and raid a campsite. This cunning nature has earned them a few nicknames of which "Whiskey Jack" and "Camp Robbers" are two.
They may start nesting as early as late February in order for the young to be mature enough to be self sufficient in their first cold winter. A nest usually contains 2 - 5 eggs that get incubated for 17 - 22 days.
This adult bird is looking for a handout from any visitors walking the trails in Algonquin Park.

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Taken on: January 21, 2024
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Camera: Nikon D850, f/8.0, 1/5000 sec, 600mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: 150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/5000 sec
Focal Length: 600mm
ISO: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Gain Control: Low gain up
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.1 (Windows)
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