The Blue Jay in Culture

         As it turns out there isn't a lot about the Steller's Jay especially when you want to look at music, movies, trends, clothing, cartoons, books and so on. For this page i'm going to be using the Blue Jay instead of the Steller's Jay.
           The first thing that popes up when you type "Blue Jay" into bing is the Toronto Blue Jays. They are a baseball team in Toronto On, Canada. The team started in 1977 and was owned by the Labatt Brewing Company who made the popular beer Labatt's blue. In 1985 the Jays had their first winning year and two years later they became division champions. From 1985–1993, the Jays had won five division championships in nine seasons. The team  became World Series champions in 1992 and 1993. Three award-winning All-Star players led the team to victory, Roberto Alomar, Joe Carter, John Olerud, and Devon White. The Blue Jays became the first and only team outside the US to win the World Series, winning in its 16th year. In 1993 the team failed to qualify for playoffs for 21 seasons but, in 2015 they won a play off championship and again in 2016. 
       There is a town near Lake Arrowhead called Blue Jay Village. Blue Jay is in the San Bernardino Mountains on the west shore of Lake Arrowhead surrounded by beautiful pine trees and of course blue jays. There are about 2314 residents in blue Jay village most of which feel lucky to live in such a   beautiful and cozy town. There are a number of annual events like the Lake Arrowhead celebration of film, The Blue Jay Christmas parade, and the Blue Jay Jazz Festival. Other than those events I did not find much else to do in Blue Jay Village or much else about Blue Jay. Even the Facebook page has not been touched since December of 2016.

A Bule Jay Poem  By: Gayle Sweeny

A blue jay's feathered back holds spots of white clouds
And soft, glistening blue.
Upon its wings is painted days of sapphires
And snowy flurries, too.
I peeked out beyond the open curtain
At the big, flowering rhododendron.
There a bright, silent blue jay landed suddenly.
Amoung our pink fairy blossoms it stopped by me,
Jewelled with patches of rich blue - perhaps a gift
From the azure sky.
We might even think some of pure heaven
Is in flight when blue jays fly.
This dappled blue jay then soon quietly moved from branch to branch
In the green blooming shrubbery outside my window.
By boughs of cool leaves like sheaths
All at once it paused for a moment 
And surprisingly looked up at me from below. 

       Blue Jay Way is a street in LA that the Beatles saw shortly after their 1967 trip to Haight-Ashbury. The song was released in the groups 1967 Magical Mystery Tour album. The lyrics were written when George Harrison was wait for music publicist Derek Taylor to get to Blue Jay Way through the very foggy hills, while George Harrison was struggling to stay awake after the flight from London to Los Angeles. The song definatly has an Indian style of music mixed with the western music style normaly used by the Beatles.



Blue Jay Way
Witten by: George Harrison
[Instrumental break]

[Verse 1]
There's a fog upon L.A
And my friends have lost their way
We'll be over soon they said
Now they've lost themselves instead

[Chorus]
Please don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
For I may be asleep

[Verse 2]
Well it only goes to show
And I told them where to go
Ask a policeman on the street
There's so many there to meet

[Chorus]
Please don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
For I may be asleep
[Verse 3]
Now it's past my bed I know
And I'd really like to go
Soon will be the break of day
Sitting here in Blue Jay Way

[Chorus]
Please don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
For I may be asleep
Please don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
For I may be asleep
Please don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
For I may be asleep
Please don't be long
Please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
For I may be asleep

"Blue Jay Village" library of congress webarchive. Web. October 15, 2017.

"Blue Jay, California" Wikipedia. July 22, 2017. Web. October 15, 2017. "Toronto Blue Jays" Wikipedia. October 12, 2017. Web. October 15, 2017.
"A Blue Jay poem by Gayle Sweeny" Poem hunter. April 10, 2012. Web. October 15, 2017.