~A Western Scrub-Jay eating peanuts. This is the same Scrub that has visited us for several years.
Short, but fun! I hope it made you smile.
Tag Archives: Western Scrub Jay
~Shades of Blue…
If you have never read about how an Oriole builds their nest, you should check it out. Nests
Where are the Orioles today that build this nest? Will they return to the same nest in the Spring? I hope so.
Do you have any “shades of blue” you would like to share?
~Whimsical and Wordless Wednesday
~Western Scrub Jay…
~July, 2018, Loveland, Colorado
Everyday she comes for a visit.
Hopefully, she is molting, because she sure looks “scrubby”.
We will be sitting outside having our morning coffee or out in the evening having a glass of wine and she will fly to the post you see her sitting on. She will peck at the wood for attention and pieces of wood will break off. (Naughty Bird)
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This Western Scrub Jay is the same bird that visited us last summer.
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She will fly down to the deck railing and just sit there with us. Sometimes she will “sing” very softly.
I read that a Scrub Jay can live to be fifteen years old. I sure hope this one is around for a long time.
Happy Birding
~Birds-meet Scratch
~Loveland, CO, September, 2017
We named her Scratch. She visits Howard and I several times a day when we sit outside. In the morning we have coffee and in the evening we enjoy a glass of wine out on our deck. Sometimes, during the day, I will sit outside and read, she has been keeping me company. I have never experienced a Western Scrub Jay being so friendly.
Scratch likes when we are out on the deck. She comes flying down and perches on the deck railing not more than two feet away. Sometimes, she will sit there and sing. Her song is a very soft, pretty twitter. Of course we sing along, chirping the best we can!
We were surprised the first time she begin singing, because her voice was so soft. If you have ever heard a Scrub Jay you know they have a powerful, loud voice.
A few weeks ago she looked horrible, we thought something was wrong with her. We started calling her Scratch, because she was always grooming and preening her feathers. The feathers around her neck and upper chest were sparse. We now believe she was just molting; her feathers are looking very nice now.
What a cutie she is!
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