Jay-peresmeshnitsa - a bird the size of a jackdaw.It is easy to find on the head grayish-white and bright blue spots on the wings with black tips.It is very curious and noisy bird.It attracts every rustle, which is why she is not loved by hunters.Seeing a man in the woods, jay-peresmeshnitsa a fuss, as if letting all of the impending danger.By the way, with waves on her head feathers are raised a little tuft.
Why is it called peresmeshnitsey?And all because of the fact that she is able to skillfully imitate any sounds heard.This is the birds singing, and a dog barking, whining saws and plaintive meow.And if suddenly in the forest you hear anything unusual, do not worry - it's jay-peresmeshnitsa (pictured right) with their antics.The only time when it is calm, even covertly - during nesting.
Habitat this bird is vast: the northern parts of Africa, Europe, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Korea, Sakhalin, Japan and Manchuria, northern China and Mongolia.Part of its population is sedentary, and some - migratory.Travellers jays can be seen during the fall and winter.Jay-peresmeshnitsa lives in mixed, coniferous and deciduous forests, although greater preference for forests with hardwoods.In the southern areas can nest among the shrubs.
In the first days of spring birds create a pair.At this time, the males fly low over the trees, and their singing is overheard from the forest sounds.Basically jacks are located on the middle-aged and young deciduous trees and conifers.Builds a nest by both parents.It is a small tray with a diameter of 20 cm and depth of 10 cm, made of thin twigs and lined with dry grass and rootlets elastic.This work takes them a week.
Since the end of April and the end of May jay-peresmeshnitsa starts laying eggs.Most often their nest is 5 pieces, but can be 7 and 8, and even 10 eggs.Incubation takes 17 days, with both parents.The whole period of feeding adult birds have to work from early morning till late evening.They are two times each hour appear near the slot.After 20 days, the chicks begin to fly.
Jay-peresmeshnitsa has quite a diet.The main plant foods are oak acorns.In addition, she regales raspberries, wild cherry, strawberry and mountain ash.He loves sunflower seeds, spruce, wheat, cucumbers, oats, corn, peas and so on.From spring to autumn it adds to their diet of insects.The subject of her hunting are hornets, weevils, May beetles, flea beetle, silkworms, the larvae of sawflies, cetonia aurata and others.It can also eat frogs, lizards, small rodents and small birds do not shun their eggs.
the winter jay-peresmeshnitsa loves to harvest acorns and hazelnuts.It is a few pieces of their hiding in the leaves, under the bark of fallen trees and burrow into the moss.Many stocks and remain unused: whether she forgets about them, or simply can not find.Thus, jay do useful work: with the help of oaks and other plants germinate far from the family tree.But due to the fact that it ruins other people's nests, it referred to as pests.Although in this respect, it causes minimal damage, because basically prefer vegetarian food.
