Blue Jay Versus Crow Size and Behavior

You can appreciate just how large American Crows are relative to other songbirds and their fellow corvids the Blue Jays when you see them side by side in the same spot just a few minutes apart.
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Blue Jays are considered large for a songbird, but are dwarfed by the crows.
And you might think this is a Raven, but Ravens are huge in comparison to crows.
Blue Jays are wary of their crow relatives – they will join together as corvid brothers to mob a raptor like the Cooper's Hawk, but on a day to day basis the Blue Jays try to keep the crows on their toes with occasional harassment as well.
Especially if they start hanging around feeding areas too much during the nesting season. Its All to make the crows think twice about messing with the Jays.
This Blue Jay has every intention of striking the big crow in the tail feathers to spin it around a bit, but the crow deftly dodges the Jay who makes another pass and flaps away at the crow a second time.
This is the Mountain Crow family with new fledglings of their own. Generally all get along and prosper.

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