I’ve been getting to know the blue jays in the yard with a bird feeder in my window.
And by the way they land they are very much not the elegant ballerinas I thought they were.
They only take what they need, but they land like toddlers with snow boots and it’s hilarious.
And by the way they land they are very much not the elegant ballerinas I thought they were.
They only take what they need, but they land like toddlers with snow boots and it’s hilarious.
The sight of a blue jay before it lands looks like a symphony. The sound of it landing is like a trombone filled with sausage falling. Maybe the perch is too shallow. They are also larger than they appear.
I filled it with the blue jays faves, various nuts and oily black seeds. The large group here visits very often but takes so little. Which was surprising. One tiny thing at a time. Then goes on a mission to hide it somewhere.
They’re so smart, same family as crows. Blue jays don’t hide the food in typical places you would think something should be hidden. They hide them in areas of plain site. And I’ve been told each one can hide 3000 acorns in less than a month.
Anyway, here’s to the blue jays and houseplants getting me through working in isolation during these pandemic days.
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