THE PICKY BLUE JAY…
I was watching for squirrels at the bird feeder…the birds were just going crazy over the peanuts..and it didn’t take long for the blue jays to arrive. They were zooming in and out..making their peanut selections and flying triumphantly away with them. One blue jay flew up and landed on the bowl…and I was dumb-founded…I don’t know why I waited so long to fire off a shot..but it was CARRYING A PEANUT IN IT’S BEAK!!!!….It was RETURNING the peanut!!!!!!!’ I have never seen this, EVER!!!!
In the pictures you will see the blue jay after it has just arrived.. with the peanut in its beak….that’s the apparently defective peanut…in the next image you will see a peanut on the far side of the feeder placed standing up against the edge of the bowl, that is the sad, rejected peanut…Next image… The blue jay has the newly selected peanut in it’s beak!
EXCUSE ME MISS…MISS !! I’D LIKE TO RETURN THIS PEANUT!!
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GENTLY PLACED BACK IN THE BOWL…LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT.
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THIS ONE WILL DO NICELY..
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This just has to be a first…Who do I contact to report this phenomenon?
What cheek!
September 24, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Amazing! I suppose times ARE recorded on the pic file? Otherwise it might be thought by anyone you reported it to that they simply run in reverse order, and there was no ‘return’.
September 17, 2012 at 7:59 am
Hmmmmmmmm…now that IS a dilemma…
September 17, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Smart bird. Enjoyable photos.
September 16, 2012 at 1:02 am
Thanks a lot!
September 16, 2012 at 1:09 am
Amazing creatures. So intelligent and polite. WOW.
September 14, 2012 at 6:11 am
I think that blue jay could learn to drive a car..so smart!
September 14, 2012 at 1:23 pm
That is amazing! A bird with table manners! You got some great shots.
September 14, 2012 at 4:29 am
It was a really interesting day!
September 14, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Nice of him to not just toss it on the ground, eh?
September 14, 2012 at 3:49 am
Remarkable…everybody else does!
September 14, 2012 at 1:34 pm
picky, picky. amazing!
September 14, 2012 at 3:33 am
That is amazing – rather polite bird!
September 14, 2012 at 12:18 am
VERY! LOL!
September 14, 2012 at 2:02 am
I don’t know why but this made me laugh really hard.
September 13, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Tickled you Hmmmmm??? I’m glad that it made you laugh
September 14, 2012 at 2:04 am
Amazing. You’re seeing this kind of thing because you watch so much. Most people wouldn’t have noticed.
September 13, 2012 at 9:51 pm
You are right about that…when I can spend enough time..I just plant myself and watch what unfolds..
September 13, 2012 at 10:49 pm
September 13, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Ahhhhhhh!!!! I knew there had to be a good reason!
September 13, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Who knew a blue jay would be so picky over peanuts?
September 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm
I’ve seen them pick them up, drop them, pick up another, drop it, trying to find just the right one..but to return it……..VERY smart shopper!
September 13, 2012 at 8:00 pm
I do the same thing, only no one has caught me on film doing it!
September 13, 2012 at 6:59 pm
So YOUR the one contaminating the bowls of peanuts in the bars…..bad Lorna….
September 13, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Strange, incredible, it must have been a bad peanut, but returning it…!
September 13, 2012 at 6:16 pm
I know!! I just don’t get it! One smart bird
September 13, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Wow, stunning photos, stunning bird and very clever to
September 13, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Thanks
September 13, 2012 at 6:14 pm
That is hysterical! Maybe it was a bad peanut!!
September 13, 2012 at 5:53 pm
I have NO idea!!! I’ve just NEVER seen that before..LOL
September 13, 2012 at 5:56 pm