Grandma Pearl's Backporch: blue jays birds

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Blue Jays Eating Bread

I had a day-old roll from the restaurant, so I broke it up for the blue jays.
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Mr. Blue Jay checking out what's for breakfast this morning!
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Blue Jays are very clever mimics. They often screech like a hawk to scatter other birds.
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Blue Jays are stealth flyers when they are nesting. They use deceptive maneuvers to keep their nesting spot a secret.
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Blue Jays are clever mimics and can imitate most sounds they hear, including phones, people, machines and other birds! Click here to learn more about these amazing mimics of the bird world.

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

On this overcast Easter Day my birds are busily flying back and forth to and from the feeders; chickadees, nuthatches, titmice, woodpeckers, juncos and blue jays, as well as red polls and gold finches. I can't wait for the gold finches to shed their winter coats and don their bright yellow sunshine feathers.

Goldfinches on Tube Feeder
photo by Grandma Pearl

Yes, spring is on its way even if the temperature is below average and the sun chose not to shine today. The birds seem not to care a bit. The robins are calling for rain, which is in the forecast by the way; the nuthatches are combing the trees and the Little Brown Creeper haltingly works its way upward, spiraling around the tree in search of a juicy meal.

I heard the dawn chorus yesterday morning, for the first time this year. I'm thinking the birds know something I don't, so my hopes are for a real change in the weather coming soon!