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A turquoise jay? Oh yes… ultra rare and weird bird spotted in Texas – and scientists blame climate change for its existence

A turquoise jay? Oh yes… ultra rare and weird bird spotted in Texas – and scientists blame climate change for its existence

Who’d have thought a twitcher’s photo would reveal so much about bird patterns – and our warming planet? What looked like an odd-coloured jay in a Texas suburb has turned out to be a groundbreaking discovery: a natural hybrid between two species that, until recently, didn’t share the same habitat. The two different parent species – the green jay and …

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