Do blue jays fly south

Answer 1

I have been feeding squirrels peanuts and my blue jays go crazy for them. I am worried about winter here in NJ as if I have to feed them all winter or not. I buy $40. and love watching these beautiful birds eat but do not want them to freeze as our winters have been getting pretty bad with snow and cold. If I stop feeding them will they go somewhere south where it is warmer.

Answer 2

In much of the New England states they will stay but north of the New England they will go south for the winter. Also in much of the northern mid-west states they will go south for the winter.

Answer 3

Not many do. Some thinning may occur in areas with a lot of snow and very cold weather.

Answer 4

Some are blue jays do not migrate in the winter. Young blue jays are more likely to migrate than adults. Some individual blue jays migrate south one year and then next winter stay north.

Answer 5

Only in northern sections of their range. Birds in the south do not migrate.

Answer 6

Blue Jays tend to mate during the winter seasons. Many speculate this is because the cold weather arouses these birds to the point where mating is inevitable.

Answer 7

Only birds in northern most regions of the range migrate.

Answer 8

There is some southward movement in northern states during winter, but mainly not a migratory species.