Jay in joshua tree~ABC Wednesday and Wild Bird Wednesday~032013

I've told you the story about our neighborhood scrub jay, right?  He lived in our neighborhood for nearly 4 years, until he mysteriously disappeared about the time a Cooper's hawk moved in...sigh...I used to delight in his screeches and calls.  He would sit on the side fence between our yard and our neighbor's to the west and turn his head and eyeball me when I drove in the driveway every afternoon.  And, of course, I fed him.  I not only fed him, I stopped and gathered acorns for the little bugger!  He would chase off the doves and sparrows, preferring that they not intrude in his yard at all, but he was no match for the bigger hawk.  I never found his feathers or body, but I'm sure he was killed by the hawk, as were several doves.  His obvious presence was enough to alert the hawk to another meal.  So, it was with great delight that I found this scrub jay in Joshua Tree national park a few weeks ago.  He landed in the joshua tree and sang a joyous, warbling song much to my delight!  He appeared to be quite tame.  I hope to see him again sometime, but who knows?  ABC Wednesday and Wild Bird Wednesday for March 20, 2013.  To visit ABC Wednesday, please go to:  http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/  And, to visit Wild Bird Wednesday, please go to:   http://paying-ready-attention-gallery.blogspot.com/