The Blue Jay was named the provincial bird during the 1977 session of the PEI Legislative Assembly. It was chosen after a province-wide public vote which was held during Environment Week in 1976.
It can be easily identified by its prominent sky-blue hood, wings and tail feathers. Its throat and breast are white, and there are horizontal black arcs on the wing tips and long tail.
Although common to the Island all year long, during the spring and summer the Blue Jay secludes itself in woodland areas where it nestles, feeds and raises its young. In the autumn, it prepares for winter by gathering food such as grains and seeds.
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