Blue Jay & Open Beakfull (Steller's Jay)

Blue Jay & Open Beakfull (Steller's Jay)

here's that greedy Steller's Jay again, with a large acorn in his beak. There's also a dandelion seed on his face : )

We watch them sorting thru the acorns, looking for the smaller ones that they can swallow whole, then they fly off with them. Am not sure if they are eating the acorns or hiding them for later.

Created by: Alandrapal.

Tools Used: 20D 100-400 L IS USM-hand held

Created on: 5 October 2006

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Comments:

Alandrapal from Canada on Jun 10, 2008 at 4:24 PM said:

many thanks, Tania. One visited our front feeder a couple days ago, first time that we've seen any of the stellars jays here for a long time. but it hasn't been back since, that I'm aware of.

Tmr8 from New Zealand on Jun 10, 2008 at 5:43 AM said:

Alandra another great photo. They are so beautiful

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Oct 13, 2006 at 2:31 AM said:

thanks Alex : ) They cough the smaller acorns back up again, lol.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Oct 13, 2006 at 2:30 AM said:

Hi Alan, - know what you mean tho', as we do buy other bird seed and have spent a lot on that and "bird grade" peanuts for the wildlife for many winters now. So that's why the acorns found locally were a nice surprise lately, as those jays go thru peanuts like crazy. Do you make your own hummingbird nectar? - incase you don't know, the ratio most like the nectar in flowers, is 4 parts boiled water (cooled) to 1 part regular sugar. At least, that's whats recommended in this area. When the weather's colder tho, in springtime, we lower the amount of water.

Whittler from Maine on Oct 8, 2006 at 8:14 PM said:

WOW!! Great shot,it looks like he's wondering what to do with it now.

Alan (bubbalinn) from Golden Valley, Arizona on Oct 8, 2006 at 7:49 PM said:

Alandra wrote: But we haven't paid anything for the acorns : ) we just gathered them locally for free.

I forget you lucky people live where you can find food laying around on the ground. Here in Arizona anything on the ground is brown and fried LOL.. I think we spend around twenty dollars a month on wild bird seed and now Hummingbird nectar :)

donwrob from Ohio on Oct 8, 2006 at 12:01 AM said:

Another cool shot Alandra, of the hog Jay. He has that 'I been caught in the act look' Don

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Oct 7, 2006 at 9:37 PM said:

thanks for the nice comments, Alan. But we haven't paid anything for the acorns : ) we just gathered them locally for free. We should go and get more too, as we're almost out of them.

Alan (bubbalinn) from Golden Valley, Arizona on Oct 7, 2006 at 5:16 PM said:

Excellent photo Alandra!! Now I see how you get all your great photos. You bribe the critters by spend hundreds of dollars on acorns a month LOL.. Great photo and really fun to view.

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