I live in the midwest and have not seen a Blue Jay in several years. Are they dieing out?

Question

Most regions of the country have their resident "blue jay," but cristata is the species officially designated by that name. It ranges through Canada and the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and is the only jay species in much of that area. Several other blue-colored jays occur in the West, but only one, Steller's jay, shares the blue jay's handsome crest.

Answer 1

I live in North MN and I have noticed there aren't as many anymore. I used to see them all over now I can't actually remember the last summer I saw one. Did you Know that one species of bird comes into extinction every 4 days with some scientist believing that it is 1species a day

Answer 2

I live in Maine and I have not seen as many. The world's birds are disappearing by greater numbers than previously calculated, and the number of extinctions will grow even more dramatically by the end of the century, according to a grim study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Answer 3

Blue Jays are doing well population wise as far as I know. The corvids are pretty sturdy birds...it is all the song birds that are decreasing in numbers. I hope this is not a sign that they are next.

Answer 4

Populations seem the same here in the South... however, they are susceptible to West Nile Virus.

Answer 5

They are alive & well in my backyard. Put out some redskin peanuts if you want to attract them, and you will probably see a few. You will need to get up early to see them, since they feed at dawn.

Answer 6

I don't know if they're dying out, but we've got one in our backyard that loves to dive-bomb me whenever it gets the chance.

We live in Ohio.