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Klarthy t1_j92wu0t wrote

Blue Jay: "Your real voice is so terrible that they dub over you in all the movies!"

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itsnursehoneybadger t1_j937dhi wrote

Fun fact: blue jays often do an admirable impression of the red-tailed hawk, which is the bird scream that’s often dubbed in for bald eagles!

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imfm t1_j946h8n wrote

My blue jays still do that sometimes, but at least one is even smarter than I thought. They used to perch above the sunflower seed feeders and mimic a Red-Tailed. The small birds would all scatter, and the mimic jay would swoop down and eat. After a while, though, the little birds started to figure it out; they'd hear the "hawk", but only a few would leave. One day, I was sitting outside on the patio, and heard the oddest sound; almost like a Cooper's hawk, but as if it had a head cold. I live right next to the woods, so Cooper's are common, and you can bet the birds know it, and respect the kik-kik-kik. They heard that, and they were gone. I heard them flying away en masse and looked down toward the feeders to see...a single blue jay, parked in one of the tray feeders, happily munching sunflower seeds.

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Zhuul t1_j93xa7c wrote

Better to sound like a basketball game than a crow on helium

holy shit i hate blue jays

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