POINT THAT THING SOMEWHERE ELSE

Posted on November 1, 2003 by Dave Pollard
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7 Responses to POINT THAT THING SOMEWHERE ELSE

  1. Dave Pollard says:
    November 1, 2003 at 14:15

    We just got a new bird feeder (made in Canada!) and it seems to be a smash hit with the birds. This picture of the blue jay on our patio table near the feeder shows him/her about 1/2 real size (they’re very large and colourful birds). What prompted the picture was the pose (we were staring at each other, and it was a bit eerie), and the feet — any ornithologists out there that know whether all bird claws are this flexible and why this rather unstable-looking posture is taken on hard surfaces? And how come jays eat birdseed when their cousins the crows don’t (at least we haven’t seen them, and there are a lot of crows around here)?

  2. Steve says:
    November 1, 2003 at 17:07

    Love this pic.

  3. judith says:
    November 1, 2003 at 21:53

    great pic dave… here’s some info on the eating habits of crows, ravens, and jays:http://www.forestryencyclopedia.net/?targetId=218&anchorId=204

  4. Lis Riba says:
    November 3, 2003 at 06:47

    Wow. Beautiful.How far away were you when you snapped the photo?

  5. Dave Pollard says:
    November 3, 2003 at 10:24

    Lis: About 8 feet, on the other side of a window.

  6. spiralsands says:
    November 5, 2003 at 08:06

    I have a bird bath in my yard in Florida that the blue jays just LOVE. They love to bathe and really splash about messily. Then they fly up to the tree and preen. I noticed that they never bathe together (like doves). With all that splashing about, I guess there is only room for one at a time.

  7. Dave Pollard says:
    November 6, 2003 at 18:51

    Spiralsands: That’s interesting, because jays are related to the Corvids (crows & ravens) who are famous communal bathers. Maybe your bird bath just isn’t big enough ;-)

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