Crows & Ravens

Canada Jay

Meisenhäher

Perisoreus canadensis

Crows & Ravens24 photosFirst seen: 5 August 2026

The Canada Jay is a soft grey corvid of northern and mountain conifer forests. It has a pale face, dark hindcrown and no crest. The species eats insects, berries, carrion and food taken from campsites. It stores thousands of food items in bark crevices and retrieves them through winter. Canada Jays begin nesting unusually early, often while snow still covers the ground.

ID tip: The only fluffy grey jay without a crest has a whitish face and forehead, a dark cap on the hindcrown and nape, and a short black bill. Clark's Nutcracker is paler grey with black-and-white wings and tail and a long bill.

First seen: 5 August 2026 · Packwood · 24 photos in the collection.

Places in my records

Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.

Denali National Park16 August 2026 Packwood5 August 2026

Family: Crows & Ravens (Corvidae)
Length: 25–33 cm
Wingspan: 45 cm
Regional status: Year-round resident (Pacific Northwest, USA)
Conservation: Least Concern LCIUCN Red List · retrieved 27 August 2026
Habitat: Boreal and subalpine conifer forest, mountain woodland
Diet: Omnivore: insects, berries, carrion, fungi and cached food; readily takes human scraps

Built from verified occurrence records, not drawn by hand. Core range = the countries holding 99% of all records; the rest are scattered or vagrant records. Record counts track where people watch birds as much as where the birds are, so the map shows presence, not abundance. Data: GBIF (CC BY 4.0). Basemap: Natural Earth.

Selected photographs

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