File:Blue jay - nut cracking.ogv
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This file was selected as the media of the day for 29 June 2010. It was captioned as follows:
English: Blue jay cracking nuts - the ability is fairly well developed. Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages. Blue Jays also lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings.
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Deutsch: Blauhäher mit ausgefeilter Nussknack-Technik. English: Blue jay cracking nuts - the ability is fairly well developed. Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages. Blue Jays also lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings. Español: Un ejemplar de arrendajo azul (Cyanocitta cristata), un córvido nativo de América septentrional. Italiano: Un esemplare di ghiandaia azzurra americana (Cyanocitta cristata), un corvide nativo dell'America settentrionale, intento a spaccare col becco alcuni gusci di noce trattenendoli tra le zampe Македонски: Сина сојка крши оревчиња. Polski: Modrosójka błękitna rozbijająca orzechy dziobem. Sicilianu: N'esimplari di ghiannara azzurra miricana (Cyanocitta cristata), un corvidi nativu dâ Mèrica sittintriunali, ntentu a spaccari cô pizzu arcuni gusci di nuci trattinènnuli ntra li ciampi
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The nut cracking ability is fairly well developed. Interesting visitor near the end - I'll post that one later. Cool Facts:
Deutsch: Blauhäher mit ausgefeilter Nussknack-Technik.
English: Blue jay cracking nuts - the ability is fairly well developed. Tool use has never been reported for wild Blue Jays, but captive Blue Jays used strips of newspaper to rake in food pellets from outside their cages. Blue Jays also lower their crests when they are feeding peacefully with family and flock members or tending to nestlings.
Español: Un ejemplar de arrendajo azul (Cyanocitta cristata), un córvido nativo de América septentrional.
Italiano: Un esemplare di ghiandaia azzurra americana (Cyanocitta cristata), un corvide nativo dell'America settentrionale, intento a spaccare col becco alcuni gusci di noce trattenendoli tra le zampe
Македонски: Сина сојка крши оревчиња.
Polski: Modrosójka błękitna rozbijająca orzechy dziobem.
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| Date | Taken in 2009 |
| Source | https://www.flickr.com/photos/qmnonic/3696031039/in/set-72157601980044155/ |
| Author | https://www.flickr.com/photos/qmnonic/ |
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