This Whistler Steller's Jay keenly watched me, watching him... Always eager for peanuts, these Jays recognize individual people and interact in unmistakably intelligent ways. This fellow always watches me intently, chatting up a storm - and I usually reward him for it. Noice the most striking feature of BC's official bird - its crest and vibrant blue & black colors. What's less known is that they're talented mimics, and fool even avid birders with a mixed bag of voices that can range from hawk calls to songbird warblings - or a squeaky door hinge, as I once observed. Facebook | Twitter | Getty Images site

Steller's Jay

I'm just fooling around here testing to see the effects of high ISO settings and the image-noise it produces, and how to process the image in order to still get a half-decent photo. I'm quite impressed with the D500's ability to handle high ISOs. This one was taken at ISO 4500. To view the image at full size press F11 and L keys. To return to normal press them again.

Identification record : Grey Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) is a bird which belongs to the family of Corvidés and the order of Passeriformes.

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