Bluejay
By Elke
![Bluejay](http://media.growsonyou.com/photos/photo/image/60095/main/bluejay.jpg)
27 Jan, 2009
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Surveying his territory, on the lookout for raptors no doubt.
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Thanks, Janette. We have very cooperative birds here, showing their appreciation for the feeder, no doubt.
27 Jan, 2009
The Sky sets the Jay off wonderfuly in this Pic Elke :)
28 Jan, 2009
Beautiful photo!
29 Jan, 2009
Great photo. It's the first picture of a bluejay I've seen. Your gros beaks were lovely too. Thank you.
31 Jan, 2009
wow...great pic, Elke! they are beautiful to look at but not very nice to the other birds...
2 Feb, 2009
They are real bullies. We have a flock of about 20. Some people cage their feeders to allow only the small birds in, as the jays can be very greedy, not to mention expensive! But what colour and style, eh?
2 Feb, 2009
We lived in the far northern part of Ontario, and we had the gray jays there...(also known as a shrike or butcher bird because they were predators)... they had their own reason for being near the feeders...they would kill smaller birds...but they are very curious brassy creatures...they would often come to hunting camps and become quite tame, taking bits of moose meat, bacon or bread, from the hand!
3 Feb, 2009
OOP, Thanks for the tip Lori, here I was thinking I'd put a feeder for bigger seed and birds even if it was just gray jays, which I'm not terribly fond of. Now I know they might get my other birds!
12 Apr, 2009
Lori - here's a good link to grey jays:
http://whatbird.wbu.com/obj/77/_/Gray_Jay.aspx The shrike is actually a different family, but the same genus. There's a link on this page.
12 Apr, 2009
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Great set of photos Elke...
27 Jan, 2009