A blue jay and a green jay mated. Their offspring is a scientific marvel

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29 points Kaibeezy | 5 comments | 29 Sep 25 18:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
1. stevenwoo ◴[29 Sep 25 20:18 UTC] No.45418258[source]▶
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.
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2. Kaibeezy ◴[29 Sep 25 20:40 UTC] No.45418505[source]▶
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

3. more_corn ◴[29 Sep 25 22:37 UTC] No.45419706[source]▶
Is it called Bleen?
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4. themadturk ◴[29 Sep 25 22:50 UTC] No.45419829[source]▶
I saw an article that dubbed it a "grue" jay -- which may mean it will eat you on your next cave quest.