![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KeQ7LmzTF7c/mqdefault.jpg)
A trick of nature: Blue jays aren't really blue
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://i.natgeofe.com/n/0e91f659-cc8d-4d9b-ae3e-5e1b2e407e69/03-bluebird-nationalgeographic_2715874_square.jpg)
World's oldest blue bird found via fossil feathers
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/lookaside/crawler/media/?media_id=730153869154719)
Feather Friday
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/24958681/640)
Plumages, Molts, and Structure - Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata - Birds of the World
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/PUnU0YlpzXAp_tkcb_sYSP42IqA=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Perception-Blue-Birds-520.jpg)
Why Are Some Feathers Blue?, Science
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/lookaside/crawler/media/?media_id=716624947174278)
Feather Friday
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/getmedia/4f80c610-3cd2-4e3e-965b-b39360fb98d2/Blue-Jay-Paul-Paul-Dacko.jpg?width=2000&height=1333&ext=.jpg)
A trick of nature: Blue jays aren't really blue
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://external-preview.redd.it/AmggFD6sMWSktepVps_PMsEhFalk8pAd7QbcAyk227U.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=d05bdbcf177d4704693fbb64d3e52fd56faa6ecd)
The pigment in Blue Jay feathers is melanin, which is brown. The blue color is caused by scattering light through modified cells on the surface of the feather barbs. : r/Awwducational
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fsrep18317/MediaObjects/41598_2015_Article_BFsrep18317_Fig1_HTML.jpg)
Spatially modulated structural colour in bird feathers
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2009/birdfeathers.jpg)
Bird Feathers Produce Color Through Structure Similar to Beer Foam
![USFWS Migratory Birds - While the color of many birds' feathers is from natural pigment, the blue in a blue jay's feathers comes from the way the light reflects off the feathers.](https://i0.wp.com/blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/stellers_jay_-_natures_pics.jpg?w=359&h=239&ssl=1)
There is No Such Thing as a Blue Bird – National Geographic Education Blog