26; Grey Jay, Canada Jay or Whiskey Jack

• A group of Jays are called a; Band / Party.
• Grey Jays are omnivorous, meaning they eat seeds as well as meat and insects.
• Although they maybe one of the friendliest birds at a campsite (getting the nickname camp robber) they aren't so friendly with other birds stealing fledglings from their nest for food. 

• Canada Jays collect food for the winter months. Kind of like squirrels.
• They lay 4 to 10 eggs early in spring, February or March, but have only one laying. 
• After leaving the nest only one offspring is allowed in the parents territory.  The remainder must cope for themselves.  These remaining birds have only a 20% survival rate. Yikes!
• This bird was spotted by Machaela, Daphne and Gunnar at Uncle Mark's while checking his trap line. How cool is that?