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Jay

Garrulus glandarius

The jay has become an everyday visitor at the bird feeder. The bird, smaller than a crow, wears Estonia’s national colours on its folded wings, has a rose-grey body, white tailbase, and a long black tail but not quite as long as that of the magpie. When it is annoyed the feathers on the crown rise. The jay, cautious but not shy of humans, prefers forest fringes with plenty of undergrowth. In autumn it stockpiles winter food reserves.