These attractive members of the crow family are rather secretive but you may hear them scolding each other like so many Donald Ducks. Their fluorescent blue wing feathers or even whole wings were at one time used to decorate fashionable ladies' hats !!!
They are responsible for planting many oak trees in grassland. They store the acorns in underground caches in autumn and those surplus to requirements have a good chance of growing into oaks.
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