Eurasian Jay

Anyone hiking through the woods of Europe is familiar with the alarm call of this busy body. His harsh rasping screach immediatly blows your cover. He is a master of mimicry. Often so exact that it is nearly imposible to distinguish its true identity until the jay is seen. . This bird occurs over a vast region and several distict racial species have evolved . They feed on a variety of small insects and nuts, nests in trees, laying 4 - 6 eggs and both parents care for the young

Garrulus glandarius

Tying with Eurasain Jay Feathers

The blue barred feathers from the wings of this wide ranging bird have been used by tiers of salmon flies since the nineteenth century.

Also, trout, lake, bass and seatrout flies use these feathers.

Used whole as sides or cheeks, they are also used for body hackles and throats on smaller classic salmon flies. Crafters will find many uses also for these feathers.

wings
fly patterns
links to other softbills

Paired wing sets	$25.00/pair
These matched pairs of jay wings have a variety of sizes, something you don't get when you buy bags of assorted feathers. Also, having the wings, you can select the corresponding feathers to put together perfectly matched pairs.

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Softbills Whoever named this group of birds "softbills" was obviously never close enough to be pinched by a toucan or speared by a heron's beak! Members of this group vary considerably. here you will find everything from turacos that feed exclusivly on leaves and petals to carnivores kingfishers. However, one thing all have in common is that as babies, they are all born helpless and dependent on their parents care. Softbill Species:
	eurasian jay blue cotingas sunbittern pomador cotinga	fruit crow flamed tanager toucan	fairy bluebird pond heron tiger heron	asian kingfisher african kingfisher golden breasted starling

Quick links to other exotics:
	pheasants partridge grouse softbills	quail junglefowl peafowl hookbills	guineafowl turkey bustards ratites	cranes waterfowl pigeons and doves