Sheffield scientists now know why kingfishers catch fire, robins are red, and jays are blue: the pattern of colour on a bird’s wing may have nothing to do with pigment, and everything to do with feather structure on a scale of billionths of a metre. The research has a potential pay-off for fabric manufacturers and […]
Tag: Garrulus glandarius
Male Eurasian Jays Surprise Ornithologists
Male Eurasian jays, Garrulus glandarius, are able to disengage from their own current desires to feed female food that she wants, says a group of scientists led by Prof Nicola Clayton from the University of Cambridge, UK. The ability to disengage from our own desire to cater to someone else’s wishes is thought to be […]
The Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
The Eurasian Jay is a common bird in the UK and a common, colourful member of the Crow family. They are an intelligent, resourceful, bird that will eat a variety of food including nuts, seeds and even other birds and small mammals whenever they get the opportunity. They are well known to cache away food […]