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Blue Jay Molting

No worries about this Blue Jay, it is not sick, just going through a growing phase, when it molts all of it's feathers. There is speculation that it could be a dietary deficiency or mites, but neither has data to support those claims.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/overview

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Uploaded on August 25, 2021
Taken on August 25, 2021