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
• Resident birds include the Mexican jay, bridled titmouse and Montezuma quail.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
• On an average morning, Susan Glass can sit on the patio at her condominium complex in Saratoga, Calif., and identify as many as 15 different bird species by ear: a steller’s jay, an acorn woodpecker, an oak titmouse.
  — Alexandra Marvar, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• It’s packed with seeds that birds can’t resist—including safflower, nyjer, sunflower, red millet, and peanuts—and it’s designed to attract a variety of birds including cardinals, jays, finches, nuthatches, grosbeaks, chickadees and more.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Resident birds include the Mexican jay, bridled titmouse and Montezuma quail.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
• On an average morning, Susan Glass can sit on the patio at her condominium complex in Saratoga, Calif., and identify as many as 15 different bird species by ear: a steller’s jay, an acorn woodpecker, an oak titmouse.
  — Alexandra Marvar, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• It’s packed with seeds that birds can’t resist—including safflower, nyjer, sunflower, red millet, and peanuts—and it’s designed to attract a variety of birds including cardinals, jays, finches, nuthatches, grosbeaks, chickadees and more.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024