Eyjala15h ago
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

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

Sep 30 at 1:52amWeb
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESSep 30

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

Show threadSordid Amok!Sep 30
@benroyce Evolution continues, and is a lot faster than Darwin ever dreamed.
Show threadAnti Faisisteach SaebhiarSep 30
@benroyce cyan jay, obvs
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESSep 30
@xmacdonald 😆
Show threadAnthony 🇦🇺🦘🐨🪃🌟✨️🕯🏏🧩🎭🪁Sep 30
@benroyce wow!
Show threadSeán FenianSep 30
@benroyce This is relevant to @astronomerritt 😁 (fixed)
Show threadBЯIΛПSep 30
@benroyce
So green jays crossing the border from Mexico. Sure this global warming jay was likely born in the USA, but it's half Mexican and has a dark face.
PROTECT THIS BIRB FROM ICE !