27 points | by Kaibeezy a day ago ago
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How does one reconcile the story saying these are clever for birds and hard to capture with the photo showing an example sitting tamely in a person’s hand? This same story shows up multiple places without more info.
Here is the underlying paper:
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion
B. Stokes, T. Keitt, Ecology and Evolution, 10 Sep 2025
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72148
Is it called Bleen?
I saw an article that dubbed it a "grue" jay -- which may mean it will eat you on your next cave quest.
How does one reconcile the story saying these are clever for birds and hard to capture with the photo showing an example sitting tamely in a person’s hand? This same story shows up multiple places without more info.
Here is the underlying paper:
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion
B. Stokes, T. Keitt, Ecology and Evolution, 10 Sep 2025
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72148
Is it called Bleen?
I saw an article that dubbed it a "grue" jay -- which may mean it will eat you on your next cave quest.