As she says, blue jays do get a bad rap for being aggressive. Which, I mean, I guess is how they've evolved. I like the case she makes for them, though. Enough to look forward to seeing them again
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I also like the way this lady talks. Seems pretty proudly Canadian.
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We have lots of reasons to like blue jays already but this little video provided a few more. It was very sweet to see the males dancing and to watch them looking after their chicks. While we were in Halifax they were the most colorful of our Pt. Pleasant Park friends. We often stood and talked to a couple who fed them whole peanuts by hand. That was something we delighted in doing with chickadees, and some of the park's small squirrels, but not the jays. They were a bit too big for that, although they were also among the creatures we fed. They make very cool sounds too. Definitely we'll miss the wildlife we got close to.
Here we've seen a deer at Beacon Hill Park, an otter scuttling across a path to hide among some logs, a tiny lizard on a rock, a heron flying past, and numerous little birds yet to be identified. Of course there are hummingbirds too - the ones we're most interested in having as balcony visitors once we get a feeder and eventually, some flowers they like.
In Portland the only jays we saw were scrub jays and stellar jays, both large and noisy. Blue jays are gorgeous.
Point Pleasant Park, just from pictures I've seen, seems to be a breathtaking place. And the creatures you were in contact with, well, my goodness. I could see them missing you as well. Of course while animals feel affection, I don't think in the wild they get as attached. That might be the best thing about being a wild animal. The worst thing, of course, would be the lack of thumbs.
People with bird feeders, of course, are very often concerned with keeping squirrels away. In the end it tends to be more a question of keeping them otherwise occupied.
It's always good to see hummingbirds. I remember that from your place in Portland. They're cool, so evanescent, so themselves.
Steller's jays are a vibrant shade of blue, though. They look like they could be fun to be around.
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