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PoorMatty:If it was that big, dark bluish gray, and with a crest, it could've been a Cooper's hawk, which at times can appear to have something of a crest.  I could see how if you only saw certain parts of the bird, it could look quite jay-like in pattern.  If you got a good look at the head and bill though, I don't imagine that could ...

Juncos don't like sitting on feeders, they are very ''ground-oriented'' birds when feeding.  Even when I have no other birds on my tube feeders and Juncos are around, they don't sit on the perches (or very rarely).  You may get them on a platform feeder.  Otherwise, they pick up the stuff that spills on the ground.

Please tell us where you saw this bird.  But no, there are no mega-large species of Jay - all are similar to Blue Jays in size, some just a tad bigger.  Magpies, a western bird, are much bigger and are related, but they don't look at all like Blue Jays.  My guess is your bird was something else entirely.  Your location may help ...

Hard to know.  Are you sure it's an adult?  Cooper's Hawks can be quite vocal at times.  And they sometimes spend a lot of time on the ground.  I understand your reticence to try to flush the bird, but a rehabber is unlikely to take the time to come out for a ''maybe'' problem, unless they are very close to you.  At some ...

Tail not long enough for Goshawk, and lacks the wide bands.

cajuntennis:Photo taken 2/09 gulf coast Louisiana, thicket near waterway. Thought this was an orange-crowned warbler when I took the picture. Since I've now found this wonderful forum I can get a confirmation or another opinion. Weigh in please! Umm - 165 lbs.  And yes, I'd call it an Orange-crowned. 

Yes, based on the absence of spots/stripes on the back, and any black on the sides of the throat, it looks like a hatch year female Townsends.

Congratulations!  Great bird in the east.  Has it been IDed as a first year bird?  This is often the case in the fall - first year birds that have something wrong with their migration instincts/navigation end up in very odd places.

PoorMatty: That said, my initial knee-jerk thought was red-shouldered, but I have very little experience with rough-legged hawks, and I tend to stay out of raptor threads anyway as that's not an area where I'm too knowledgeable.   That was my first reaction too, Matt, and the bird even has a bit of rusty color up around the ...

Cavan Wood: Does it bother anyone that there is no patagial bar?  I tried to turn it into a RSHA with that long tail, but the white throat doesn't work, so we're back to RTHA.  I just though that patagial bar was alway visible except in dark morph. You raise a good point, Scott, and the dark patagial bar is a mark I often refer ...