A Universal City woman discovered a rare hybrid bird in her backyard.

Donna Currey, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, said she was sitting on her porch three years ago when she noticed a blue jay that looked a little different.

“I’m looking and I am going, well that’s a weird looking blue jay,” Currey said. “All the other blue jays I’ve seen, they have normal blue heads, and this one had an all-black head. And I’m going, well, what happened?”

Currey shared her pictures on social media to look for answers. That’s how Brian Stokes, a graduate student in ecology, evolution and behavior at the University of Texas at Austin, found her.

He was able to visit Currey’s house to safely capture the bird and see it for himself.

Stokes found the bird to be a natural result of a green jay and a blu

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