Fayetteville, N.Y. -- A blue jay chick just left the nest but is still depending on parental feeding. The parent initially fed the chick, who seemed to be a fussy eater, and then promptly took it out and flew off only to come back a few moments later.

Specialists at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology said that the father bird may have fed it awkwardly, and the mother came along to do it right.

According to All about Birds, the feathers of a blue jay have melanin, and therefore actually brown. However special cells on the feather barbs scatter light in such a way that it appears blue to our eyes. The black bands on their faces are unique to each bird, and may help them differentiate from one another in the open.

Blue jays are extremely common throughout most of the eastern half of North America, and scattered about the western half the country.