Canada Jay

Canada Jay perched on the tip of a dead tree branch.
Canada Jay, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN, January 17, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/11; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis). My first photographic evidence of a Canada Jay occurred on June 8, 2010 at Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington. We were quite taken by the Steller’s Jays we were seeing for the first time and actively seeking those birds, so we were happily caught by surprised to see this Canada Jay.

Canada Jay perched in an evergreen tree.
Canada Jay, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, June 8, 2010
Sony DSC-H3;  63 mm; ISO-125; f/4.4; 1/250 sec.
Canada Jay perched on a tree branch.
Canada Jay, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN, January 17, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-5000; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Canada Jay perched on a small branch near the main tree trunk.
Canada Jay, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN, January 17, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Canada Jay perched on a dead tree trunk. The bird has its mouth open.
Canada Jay, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN, January 17, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-3200; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Canada Jay perched on a small branch.
Canada Jay, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN, January 20, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Canada Jay perched on a small branch.
Canada Jay, Sax-Zim Bog, Cotton, MN, January 20, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/11; 1/1000 sec.