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A blue jay and a green jay mated, researchers say. Their offspring is a scientific marvel

A blue jay and a green jay mated, researchers say. Their offspring is a scientific marvel
science9/29/2025

The rare bird, spotted in a backyard in Texas, is the first known blue jay-green jay hybrid in the wild, according to a new study.

What do you get when you cross a blue jay with a green jay? That’s not the start of a joke, but the subject of a new study that aims to describe a hybrid bird never encountered before in the wild. The bigger question scientists are puzzling over, tho... [5917 chars]