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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
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BirdsIn Vinton County, Ohio

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Blue Jay in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Corvidae
Genus
Cyanocitta
Near Vinton County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Its mapped range covers 88. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (0)
  • Within its mapped range (7)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (57)
  • Recorded, season not shown (23)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Blue Jay by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Athens County44 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Butler County65 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Carroll County21 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Clermont County37 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Cuyahoga County400 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Darke County22 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Delaware County48 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Erie County71 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Franklin County258 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Geauga County29 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Greene County60 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hamilton County127 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Lake County90 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Licking County34 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Lorain County51 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Lucas County98 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Medina County114 · Season shownYes: year-round
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Montgomery County74 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Ottawa County30 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Paulding CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Portage County59 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: year-round
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Stark County85 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Summit County454 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Van Wert CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Warren County41 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round
Wood County32 · Recorded, season not shownYes: year-round
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: year-round

Season

When it is recorded

In Vinton County

Not enough evidence

Not enough records in Vinton County yet to show a season. A season needs at least 20 records from 5 different years. Missing records do not mean it is absent.

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 3,914 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 3,914 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of Blue Jay in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Blue JayYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–106296,211
Jan 11–175895,146
Jan 18–2469104,645
Jan 25–315384,698
Feb 1–754106,023
Feb 8–1451105,888
Feb 15–214695,436
Feb 22–2836106,846
Mar 1–74688,321
Mar 8–1465710,384
Mar 15–2141912,620
Mar 22–2843913,949
Mar 29 – Apr 469919,661
Apr 5–11951026,860
Apr 12–181191039,925
Apr 19–251421041,623
Apr 26 – May 21871056,391
May 3–91791052,952
May 10–161841053,785
May 17–231461057,698
May 24–301051054,651
May 31 – Jun 686953,099
Jun 7–1373853,700
Jun 14–20641056,625
Jun 21–2779855,361
Jun 28 – Jul 453858,477
Jul 5–1160861,336
Jul 12–1853964,722
Jul 19–25721069,753
Jul 26 – Aug 148959,416
Aug 2–846859,712
Aug 9–1566955,994
Aug 16–22541054,328
Aug 23–2948951,772
Aug 30 – Sep 541957,167
Sep 6–12581059,075
Sep 13–1961854,543
Sep 20–2686945,860
Sep 27 – Oct 384743,180
Oct 4–1096937,841
Oct 11–1788930,824
Oct 18–24861021,156
Oct 25–3175919,021
Nov 1–7611014,172
Nov 8–1453912,621
Nov 15–217497,965
Nov 22–285398,136
Nov 29 – Dec 56196,083
Dec 6–1253106,004
Dec 13–196295,423
Dec 20–2653105,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2117108,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis250 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura145 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos124 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • American Robin Turdus migratorius72 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor54 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

When it is heard

Reported with a sound recording, too few times for a season.

From 1 iNaturalist records with a sound recording. Sounds are not kept or played here. Listen on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed66%49%
Forest24%31%
Farmland6%11%
Wetland4%5%
Open water0.6%3%
Grassland and shrub0.5%0.9%

From 1,773 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Finer identifications

Some Ohio records of this species were identified to a subspecies:

  • Cyanocitta cristata bromiaNorthern Blue Jaysubspecies

Every one of these records counts toward the Blue Jay's season above.

Why some records go further than species

Many species vary from place to place. Groups of a species that look or sound a little different, and live in different areas, can be named as subspecies. Observers and experts only identify a record that far when it shows enough detail to tell them apart. Records without that detail count at the species level.

Names: Catalogue of Life.

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

3,914 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.