How to Use jay in a Sentence

jay

noun

• Sadly, the blue jays have been gone for years, now replaced by crows.
  — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
• Unlike their cousin, the Steller’s jay, scrub-jays do not have a top knot.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• Other birds, such as crows and jays, also may damage lawns.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
• Other birds, such as crows and jays, also may damage lawns.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
• Anyway, the 13- and 10-year-old are the blue jays of our nest.
  — Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• There would be, for her, no thrilling thunk of a landing jay, no chickadee wings fanning her ears.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
• The frightened animals seek cover and leave the jays to eat their fill in peace.
  — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
• Then a hanging carcass should be protected from jays and magpies with cloth bags.
  — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
• Luckily, the hybrid jay made a stop there two years ago, Stokes said in the news story.
  — Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
• 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
• Corvids — birds of a group that includes jays, crows and ravens — are notoriously clever.
  — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• The alarm calls of Siberian jays can be said to have been partially translated.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
• Lots of hybrids among other types of birds exist, but many are more closely related than these jays.
  — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• Among them were woodpeckers, jays, sparrows, and several large hawks.
  — Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 23 July 2025
• What’s more, corvids are extremely smart, and blue jays and green jays look quite different from one another.
  — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• Another bird sporting a bright primary color is the blue jay.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
• But a brown jay had never before been seen feeding from another animal's fur.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2015
• Oaks are famous for their acorns, which aren’t just consumed by animals but also by birds such as woodpeckers and jays.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
• Its sky islands support species like the Mexican jay, which can only be found in the Southwest.
  — Outside Online, 17 June 2021
• Scrub jays are very smart and inquisitive, and the jay’s interest in your house might just be curiosity over the new structure.
  — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
• Researchers in Texas have documented what may be the first example of a hybrid between a green jay and a blue jay.
  — Lauren Liebhaber september 19, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
• Steller’s jays are more than a little bit devious, using their ability to mimic hawk calls to gain an advantage over a food source.
  — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
• 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
• Their acorns are also a favorite food of woodpeckers and jays, and their large branches and cavities provide birds with shelter and nesting sites.
  — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
• However, there is a possibility that more hybrid jays could exist in the future, Stokes said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
• 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
• The seeds were most likely transported from the mainland by birds, possibly jays that are known to transport seeds a long distance, or possibly by cones floating across the ocean.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
• While there were likely about four eggs in its clutch, or the group of eggs that were laid at the same time, there is no evidence to support any other existing hybrid jays of the same genealogy.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
• And that jays in the northeastern US often eat paint chips in search of calcium, which doesn't occur naturally in that region's soil?
  — Kat Merck, Wired News, 24 Sep. 2025
• Keep an eye out for chachalaca, green jays, Altamira orioles, and the occasional rare avian visitor that wanders in from faraway.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025