Tag 25 im #AnimalMarch
Thema heute: #GreenJay
Kannte ich gar nicht. 🤔

bonus pic of the #bluejay-#greenjay hybrid

(technically not the first: the first was an offspring of birds in captivity in the 1960s. this is the first hybrid observed in the wild)

only in the last 10 years have the species overlapped in Texas. the blue jay also has been expanding, westward, and this has been going on for a longer time due to human alterations to the environment

before that, they were separated for millions of years

#birds #bird

Americans and Canadians will recognize the #bird on the left as a #blueJay

Mexicans will recognize the bird on the right as a #greenJay

What's the bird in the middle?

That's the #globalWarming Jay

(What I'm calling it)

Due to #climateChange green jays are increasingly moving north and overlapping with blue jays

This is the first observed hybrid in the wild (#Texas) between these two #species separated by 7 million years of evolution

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/science/blue-jay-green-jay-hybrid

#climateCrisis #birds #science

Climate change results in rare hybrid bird between green jay and blue jay: Study

Ornithologists and hobby birders alike were thrilled over the hybridization.

ABC News
Unmistakable In Its Texas Range by Debra Martz

Unmistakable In Its Texas Range by Debra Martz

Debra Martz Official Website

hello mastodon from these Hidalgo, Texas Green Jays

#BirdsOfMastodon #birder #greenjay #birbs