This 'Blue-Green Jay' May Be The First Climate Change-Created Bird Hybrid Found In Nature. Here's Why That's Good News

This 'Blue-Green Jay' May Be The First Climate Change-Created Bird Hybrid Found In Nature. Here's Why That's Good News

This 'Blue-Green Jay' May Be The First Climate Change-Created Bird Hybrid Found In Nature. Here's Why That's Good News Brian Stokes is a “birder,” and his specialty is green jays. As a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, Stokes spends his free time scrolling online, sleuthing around for bird sightings across the state.  In late May 2023, Stokes stumbled upon a curious sight in the Facebook birding group “TEXBIRDS:” A bird with a green jay's crown, a blue jay's tail, and a peculiar blue throat patch.  The local who posted it, Donna Currey, asked for help in identifying it. At Stokes' request, Currey invited him to come over to her backyard and see it for himself.  “The first day, we tried to catch it, but it was really uncooperative,” Stokes told the University of Texas at Austin. “But the second day, we got lucky.” Using a mist net — rectangular mesh and black nylon threads stretched between two poles — Stokes caught the bird as it was soaring …