The Rare 'Grue Jay' May Be a Harbinger of Environmental Change

The rare 'grue jay' may be a harbinger of environmental change

Despite millions of years of evolutionary separation and a geographical divide, a blue jay and green jay mated in Texas. This bird is the result.

Grue jay or Bleen jay? Researchers confirm hybrid between blue and green jays

Researchers have for the first time confirmed that a blue jay and a green jay have mated in the wild to produce a rare hybrid with mixed features. Spotted by a birder named Donna in her backyard in San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas, this hybrid may have resulted from the two jay […]

A New, Colorful Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and Green Jay Discovered in Texas, Scientists Confirm

Biologists are attributing this new hybrid bird to abnormal mating behavior to climate change BrianTravis Maher/Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Macaulay Library, Stokes/University of Texas at Austin, Brien/Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Macaulay Library From left: A male blue jay, a rare hybrid jaybird identified in a suburb of San Antonio, Texas, and a female green jayNEED TO KNOWScientists recently confirmed the existence of the first known blue jay–gr…

Rare Blue-and-Green Hybrid Jay in Texas Born from Lineages Split 7 Million Years Ago

A flash of iridescent green and vibrant blue landed unexpectedly in a San Antonio backyard, and with it, a story of nature’s quiet revolution. It wasn’t a typical sight — birdwatchers immediately recognized something unusual. The unusual visitor was a hybrid jay, the product of two species whose paths rarely crossed until climate change redrew […] The post Rare Blue-and-Green Hybrid Jay in Texas Born from Lineages Split 7 Million Years Ago appea…