Blue Jays

Awkward Teenager

Bushy eyebrows, sparse facial feathers, maturing body with a pencil neck. Gangly awkward movements, easily startled, risk taking, funny looking. Yep, that is the epitome of a teenager.
Juvenile Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

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