This brilliant blue bird spends the winters in Central ... One way to distinguish them from the blue jay is by size. The mountain bluebird is smaller than the blue jay, only growing up to 7.8 ...

Note how the female mountain bluebird is brown rather than orange like the eastern and western bluebirds. Psst—here’s how to ...

The bird’s flight is strong and steady, with wings rarely flexed above horizontal. Polytypic. Length 11.5". A nearly unmistakable dark blue, black-crested jay with variable white or blue ...