Jays and Crows Photo Gallery by Mark Brown at pbase.com

Jays and Crows

Canada Jay; juvenile	Canada Jay	Canada Jay	Canada Jay
Canada Jay	Canada Jay	Canada Jay	Canada Jay
Canada Jay	Steller's Jays; adult with juvenile	Steller's Jay	Steller's Jay
Steller's Jay	Steller's Jay	Steller's Jay	Blue Jay
Blue Jay on nest	Blue Jay on nest	Blue Jay	Blue Jay
Blue Jay	Blue Jay	Blue Jay	Blue Jay
Blue Jay	Green Jay	Green Jay	Green Jay
Green Jay	Green Jay	Green Jay	Green Jay
Green Jay	Green Jay	Pinyon Jay	Pinyon Jay
Pinyon Jay	Brown Jays; immature	Brown Jay	Florida Scrub-Jay
California Scrub-Jay	Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay	Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay	Woodhouse's Scrub Jay
Mexican Jay; juvenile	Mexican Jay	Mexican Jay	Mexican Jay
Mexican Jay	Mexican Jay	Clark's Nutcracker	Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie; immature	Black-billed Magpie	Black-billed Magpie	Black-billed Magpie
Yellow-billed Magpie	Yellow-billed Magpie	Yellow-billed Magpie	Yellow-billed Magpie
American Crow	American Crow	American Crow	American Crow
American Crow	American Crow	American Crow	Tamaulipas Crow
Fish Crow	Fish Crow	Fish Crow	Fish Crow
Chihauhaun Raven	Chihuahuan Raven	Chihuahuan Raven	Common Raven
Common Raven	Common Raven	Common Raven

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Fred		14-Jul-2016 03:13
I was in Washington (state) two weeks ago, on the Olympic peninsula. On several occasions, we saw large, crow-sized birds (DEFINITELY NOT starlings) with bright yellow bills. The rest of the body was all black, ruling out yellow-billed magpies. I could not see their feet, and I never heard their call. The bill was large and sturdy. It looked sturdier than the pictures I've seen of Alpine Choughs, but my observations were always fleeting, and I've never seen a chough, so take that for what it's worth. Did some yellow-billed crows escape from the Disney cartoon studios?

guest		01-Apr-2014 01:45
I am in Connecticut by the river. It does look like a crow: black, same size, obvious large yellow straight beak, but not a crow sound or beak. Sounds like a sick squirrel and irritating. There are several, but I can't get a picture. Sure looks like the picture of an Alpine Chough???

Carol-O		21-Aug-2013 17:07
I too am seeing a large black bird, looks like a crow and has a yellow beak. The closest in picture that I find is the yellow-billed Chough as well.

Darin		02-Jan-2013 10:32
I'm in Chur Switzerland and I'm watching a bunch of black birds that look like the crows I saw in Seattle... with the exception of a yellow beak.

Jean		24-Apr-2012 16:06
I live in Kelowna, BC and I too have seen a bird that looks like a crow with a bright yellow bill. Not sure what is really is?

Connie		21-Mar-2012 19:14
Your post was almost a year ago. I live in California, but also saw about a year ago what I thought was a crow with a yellow beak. I was told this could not be. I have recently come to the conclusion, while researching a different sighting of a mystery bird, that what I saw a year ago was actually a juvenile Brown Jay. This bird is rare outside of Texas or Mexico, but I do think that at times birds go way off course. This year I have seen an adult Brown Jay. My sighting was corroborated by an idependent sighting by another person across town.

Valerie		26-Apr-2011 03:16
Beautiful pictures! I am not a birder but I do love watching them and listening to them! I find them truly fascinating and am trying to learn more. I have been seeing a black bird ... looks like a crow ... but it has a yellow beak. I am trying to find out what this bird is but all I come up with is the Yellow-Billed Chough. I understand that bird is not native to the U.S. What I'm seeing looks just like it, though. I live in New York ... Rockaway ... which is near the ocean.

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