Tuesday, November 1, 2011

My scrub jay




We have a scrub jay who lives in our neighborhood.  He's been here now for over two years.  He SHOULD be up in the pinyon forest above the desert.  I see many, many, many of his relatives up there whenever I drive up to visit the horse ranch.  He's a noisy bugger and I hear him screeching around the neighborhood.  He visits our front yard because I put seed out for the finches.  I've discovered that he LOVES acorns, so I now stop and pick some up in the oak forest along the road up in the mountains.  He also love peanuts.  I caught some photos of him this past weekend.  He's quite tame now and while I can't walk up to the fence when he's there, he sits on the fence, tilts his head, and eyes me!  He is quite a character.  He disappeared for a few weeks last Spring and we thought he flew off to find a mate, but he returned alone...I actually look for him now every morning.

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