Can A Blue Jay Do Tricks?
Last winter I was putting out food on a cold weekday morning. As usual, the Blue Jays had spotted me and were squawking for peanuts. I’ve always found it uncanny how there won’t be one in my backyard until I toss peanuts onto my aggregate patio and the sound attracts them. Seemingly out of nowhere, they fly in from the four corners. It cracks me up. That morning was no different. I set out my platform feeder feeder and went back inside to get some peanuts for it and the area around it. When I came out, there was a Blue Jay perched on the gutter behind me just staring at me. Because they are so quick to start I turned back around and went back to what I was doing. I turned around again and he was still perched there. I thought he looked like a pet waiting for a treat so I decided to give him one. I turned back away from him, took one peanut and tossed it straight up in the air just a little higher than he was perched. I almost fell over when he snagged it out of the air! That’s right. H
