Did you know that the blue jay is not actually blue?
Like all blue-colored birds, their feathers have brown pigment, but their feather fiber patterns refract the light as blue: https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/headlines/news/nature-curiosity-why-are-blue-jays-blue
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