How to Use jay in a Sentence

jay

noun

• Unlike their cousin, the Steller’s jay, scrub-jays do not have a top knot.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• Its sky islands support species like the Mexican jay, which can only be found in the Southwest.
  — Outside Online, 17 June 2021
• For example, the island scrub jay is larger than jays on the mainland, likely because of an abundance of food and the absence of predators.
  — Robert Annis, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2023
• Another bird sporting a bright primary color is the blue jay.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
• The organization is asking to change the names for roughly 150 birds in North America, including species such as Scott’s oriole and Steller’s jay.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2023
• But a brown jay had never before been seen feeding from another animal's fur.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2015
• For decades, bird enthusiasts have urged Florida legislators to name the scrub-jay as the official state bird.
  — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
• Sharing food is an important courtship ritual for the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius).
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
• Sadly, the blue jays have been gone for years, now replaced by crows.
  — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
• Peanuts in the shell can be offered to large birds like woodpeckers, jays, and crows, which will cache them for the winter.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
• Then a hanging carcass should be protected from jays and magpies with cloth bags.
  — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025