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From February 3rd when a pair of Blue Jays arrived on the Mockingbirds' tree, temporarily displacing the Mockingbirds, and let me get some shots from behind my car. This Jay was guarding while the other was feeding.

a bush scattering the sun rays over a grassy area enjoyed by this coloured eurasian jay

From February 3rd, my miraculous day with the Blue Jays! They arrived again while I was on the porch today, but saw me and took flight.

part 2

This is the new cake that I hung on the Mockers' tree this morning. After the Jays finished off the old cake on the same tree (see previous photo), they began to attack the new one. The Mockers stayed perched nearby and let the Jays eat!

The last piece of suet ready to fall out of the feeder was a great attraction for the birds this morning. The Red-Bellied Woodpecker tried to get it first, but got chased away by the Mockers. Then a pair of Blue Jays arrived. Apparently, the Jays are higher on the hierarchy because the...

A pair of Blue Jays has started coming to the feeders this winter. So different from last winter when I didn't have any! Sometimes the Mockers let them feed; sometimes they don't. Usually one of the Jays perches near the top of the tree to keep a lookout while the other one feeds. By...

my 1st post on this forum. Will love your Suggestion for improvement. The black-headed jay or lanceolated jay is roughly the same size as its close relative the Eurasian jay, but a little more slender overall except for the bill which is slightly shorter and thicker.

We had an inch of snow last night, which brought different birds to the feeders this morning. Again, this is not the Mockers' primary tree that they guard. It is the second tree, where I had placed a second feeder a couple of days ago. Nevertheless, early this morning, one of the Mockers was...

A head shot of one feeding in my trees yesterday; through the double glazing. Camera Maker: SONY Camera Model: SLT-A58 Lens: 75-300mm F4.5-5.6 Image Date: 2015-01-13 10:37:04 (no TZ) Focal Length: 210.0mm (35mm equivalent: 315mm) Aperture: f/5.0 Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125) ISO equiv: 400...

Thanks everyone for your supportive comments on earlier submissions, much appreciated. Shame about the neighbours washing line in this one!

Jay on the look out for nuts...

Picture of a Jay taken in my garden.

Jay waiting to rob the feeders.

Through the double glazing, sun shining, but still only 1/30th second shutter speed. Camera Maker: SONY Camera Model: SLT-A58 Lens: 75-300mm F4.5-5.6 Image Date: 2014-12-06 10:55:56 (no TZ) Focal Length: 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm) Aperture: f/5.0 Exposure Time: 0.033 s (1/30) ISO equiv...

Well Peeps, We are on the road again this morning...We are leaving Devon and heading back home. I hope y'all have a great day, and I will catch up with y'all later.

Well Peeps, Here we are in Clapham, Bedfordshire this morning, on another overcast day. Lets hope the weather picks up, and y'all have a great weekend.

Loved this guys hair cut. Reminds me of those days where punk rock was the big thing..lol

These are great looking and very wary birds

I've become a bit preoccupied with the Jays and Sparrowhawks lately; I watch the behaviour of all the birds and squirrels, but I'm mostly taking pics of Jays and Fred. I'm trying to catch them in half-decent light in my trees, which is only possible at certain times of the day (glare/reflections...

The usual; through the double glazing and poor light. A heavy crop to see if the new lens was sharp wide open at full zoom Camera Maker: SONY Camera Model: SLT-A58 Lens: 75-300mm F4.5-5.6 Image Date: 2014-11-06 11:12:05 (no TZ) Focal Length: 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm) Aperture: f/5.6...

apparently ;) I thought this might interest some of you: This is a heavy crop from just a 5mp image, as I forgot to set the camera back to 20mp. The original image was 2736*1824 - this crop was 1570*1177 (then resized down for upload)... so not many pixels on the subject. But... the pixels are...