15 June 2020, 12:35 PM
Piano*DadAt my bird feeder this morning
A Pinyon Jay scouts out the feeder.
15 June 2020, 12:53 PM
wtgSo I gather you're not on the east coast right now....
Beautiful bird.
We're seeing a ton of blue jays around here this year. They were common but then had largely disappeared for a number of years. But they're back, cawing up a storm.
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training
15 June 2020, 01:31 PM
CHASScrub jays were common in Utah.
Don't see any in Tucson or Colorado.
Saw a Phainopepla on a morning walk in Tucson.
15 June 2020, 02:37 PM
Piano*DadAnyone know how I can shrink that photo? I pulled it off of my own FB feed.
Yes, we're in Santa Fe now, after a brutal two day dash from Virginia. We hauled lots of stuff here, including pottery produced in .... northern New Mexico (bringing it home in a sense).
We don't have eastern blue jays here. You can see some Stellars, some Woodhouse Jays, and these Pinyon Jays. The Pinyon Jays often travel in flocks, so I've read. But this fellow was solitary.
15 June 2020, 02:53 PM
wtgI saved your photo to my computer, then uploaded it to postimages and resized it.
For some reason, postimages wouldn't let me directly copy and resize the original photo, so I had to do the extra step to save to my PC.
I added that resized postimages version to your original post. If you're satisfied with it, then just edit your post and delete your large FB photo.
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training