Blue Jays - 10-16-20
Rumors are that Tasha is digging a den maybe 20 feet from the den that Holly took over from her. Someone got a nice 31-second close-up video of Lucky carefully grasping his dinner-to-go and taking it into his den to have dinner in bed. https://www.facebook.com/160714344098264/videos/2775892742646589
Out the window yesterday, after seeing blue jays social distancing nicely the day before as they fed, I saw what can happen when a blue jay violates that distance. The blue jay turned toward the violator, opened its beak, raised its crest, and opened its wings. The violator backed off.
 Red Breasted Nuthatch |
 Deer nosing |
 Gray Jay in snow |
Today was the first big snow. The gray jay returned. As the snow deepened deer had to nose down through it for grass. Hungry chickadees and red-breasted nuthatches landed one after another on my hand. It’s starting to feel a lot like winter.
Thank you for all you do.
Lynn Rogers, Biologist, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center