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id love to see you walking with peanut on your head(":
The National Geographic folks have nothing on you, Lesley - your videos are beautiful.
Aww you are way too kind :) Thank you
Wow how stunning the colors are on them Jay's. Beautiful. Awesome how you name them. And they really trust you. Amazing. Ty for sharing.
Your narration and videography is something special, you really need to have your own little television show on PBS!
Love watching you hand feed the birds. I feed the neighborhood birds a dog and a squirrel or two at home. At work I feed wild crows that live across the road in a big thicket across from the school bus yard. They know my bus and come sit on the fence when I drive in to my parking spot. I toss out fruit and nuts and seeds for them and one calls all the others in to feeding.
Wonderful camera work and narration, as always! Thank you so much, Leslie. These are always such a joy to watch and your work is very much appreciated!
Thanks a lot Dana
I agree with your comment, Leslie lift up my spirit with her lovely videos.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love Maggie 🥰🥰
it's amazing to see how blue jays come to eat in your hand at home they never come more than a foot or two. 👍 thank you for sharing this video.😀
How could someone dislike this? This is so beautiful! Thank you so much for this amazing video, Lesley!
I love Juncos! It’s winter here in Toronto and they are enjoying a mild spell, busy in my backyard, searching for weed seeds. Sweet,chubby little things! I wish them and Lesley a healthy and happy Year in 2023!
I completely enjoyed this video. The snow is lovely, but it makes me quite happy that here in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, we rarely see snow. If we do, it is usually gone in a day, which I like. Portland may get some snow tomorrow, but I doubt we will down here. If it does show up, the weather people are saying it will be gone by Tuesday.
Watching you hand feed those birds is such a happy thing to watch. Thank you. You improved my mood greatly today. Be well, be happy.
Surprise surprise surprise!! This morning I woke up to about 2-3" of snow!! Serves me right for bragging about hardly ever having snow. It won't last, but it is pretty as long as I have no where to go. Thks again Leslie, I watched this video again, it is just gorgeous. Be well.
THANKS AGAIN, HOW BEAUTIFUL ONE FOLLOWS YOU HOME, AND HIDING FOOD ON YOU, YOU MUST BE A PART OF THEIR HABITAT.
Your channel is the reason why i will live in Canada.
Because of how cold it is, i would prefer living in a warmer Country, but since I discovered the existance of Blue jays, chickadees, nuthatches and crows, i never had any excuses TuT
Canada loves immigrants! and that's why i Love Canada!
I live in Atlanta but am half French Canadian...100% French on mother's side. I love fall and winter most, love snow, and would love to live in Copenhagen. Fell in love with the magpies there while on vacation last fall. They are very friendly, funny, beautiful, intelligent birds and super interactive with humans. They'll hop right over to you and try to start a conversation.🤗
Lesley .. you do such a fine job .. I’m just delighted watching and listening .. Happy birding ... and the video of the snow falling with the birds perched . Good gosh that’s some amazing footage . I could use to see long stretches of that WOWZERS
Love it! I call the blue jay squeaky-gate call the "school swing" call, because it sounds just like the way our old heavy wooden schoolyard swings sounded with their heavy metal chains that needed oiling. Those swings could crack a skull open, which is why they are no more.
Thank you for another beautiful video! I'm sitting here with my Brittany Spaniel, Meggie, on the couch next to me and when that hawk called out she stood right up with her ears perked, looking for it!!! Lol! Those red squirels sure can be little stinkers...when they come around our feeders they will not let the birds feed! They think it's all theirs! I always say they got the crazy eyes! Just watch 'em, they do! @@
Lesley you have a good virtue patience
Thanks for the nice vidios your a good narrator to. Dwight
You name your jays.
I love it. Also that you
can tell then apart and
understand their interactions. And like a wild bird on your head.
This sounds so like me and my Starlings.
My best buddy was
Pippi Star. On my shoulder, yelling at the others from the safety of my head. Bringing
her first babies to meet me. You have a far more beautiful spot, I must say. I loved this video so much.
Yes Iv seen quit a few robins in my front yard foraging this dec. It is aways nice
To see them in march
Wich is only 2 months away now. I once saw a large group of bluejays
In my nabours tall back yard tree making a blooping
Sound while bobing up and down
Never saw them
Again it was in the
Fall about 2or3 years ago. Yes they are Beautiful.
Dear Lesley,
It is so delightful to watch this video. It never ceases to amaze me how you know all of these birds as individuals.
The snow looks exquisite in your area.
Hope you can create a waterproof case for your Sony.
Have a lovely week.
Best wishes,
Dianna (Southern Maryland)
The blue jays are so pretty against the snow💕 Cardinals too!
Great caught. Looks like you call out come and get, nuts to everyone.
Beautiful movie from the winter landscape.
This journal was especially nice. Thanks for always making me smile. I love these videos.
You're very welcome and thank you for dropping by an leaving a nice comment :)
Lesley, thanks a lot for your videos. They're so warming!
Another beautiful video good job thank you very much lots of love and light 🤗👁️🗨️💖🌀🌈✨
❤️❤️❤️The jays are so cute!! I love how animated they get!!!
Their coloration, the gradations of blue against the stark white snow, is absolutely breathtaking. Jays are beautiful, very intelligent birds. I never get them here at my feeders...but have counted 30+ types of birds that visit. I love watching them all (and my 2 kitties certainly do as well!)! Such a relaxing and enjoyable hobby. 🐦🦉🦅❤🐱🐱
Great video. Thanks to you, I can now easily, and positively identify two of the Blue Jays that frequent my feeder! So much fun.
No way! So happy it helped you :)
Great video! I love birding in Winter, I always have been amazed how these beautiful creatures can resist the lowest cold temperatures even -50° F to -60°F Below zero in the past couple days and they're just like nothing happens, they just go out in the cold and live their lives only wearing their plumage its all , I'm just amazed. Love the images of your video. Awesome video!, Gotta love birding!! :) kudos.
Totally agree. Isn't that amazing how they can withstand it all, yet to bring the joy of Spring again to us, in a few months?! Surely help of good Samaritan people such as Lesley help and we all have to do our part. So make it a point to hang up a feeder, every day you can, in difficult winter months.
I hear ya! It's really something else.
I'm happy you enjoyed the little video :)
what sound dose chickadee contact call sound like 🤔
@@micahbirdlover8152 One of their favorite sounds and calls are “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” and “Fee-bee, fee-bee"
@@armandoarmando6057 me too☝️☺️
Haha that squirrel spat was the best! We have red squirrels who have arguments on our porch but we haven’t seen them since it got cold.
The chipmunk pair does it too but much more quietly lol
Lol, they are something else those little rascals
As always that was great Lesley! Well done and thanks for sharing your bird adventures!
Hey Bob, thanks a lot my friend. :)
Peanut taking a ride on your head sounds so funny and cute. Another beautiful "Bird Story," as always.
I'm amazed at your ability to recognize individual birds, but I'm also glad I don't have that skill myself. I'd worry too much about each and every bird and squirrel who visited my feeders if I knew them all by name. There was one bird that I could recognize, a chipping sparrow who had some flight feathers that stuck out at odd angles, presumably because of an injury. He had a lame foot as well, and I named him "Crumples." But now I haven't seen him for a couple of weeks and I fear the worst. Nature has no mercy.
Aww, they do find a way into our hearts, don't they? I hope Crumples just ended going to some other back yard.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I just heard chickadee today ☝️
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I enjoyed this video ☺️ thank you
These birds are just so darn cute! It's amazing how the snow really brings out their colors. Your photography is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Lesley! Your videos really brighten my day.
And a cameo by a goshawk to boot? Another wonderful video. And congratulations on the book. That is so cool!
Love the birding video, I love birds
Just love the little Gray Jays! Maybe ‘CJ’ would be a great name for one of them.
We’ve gotten hammered with snow, January 31-February 2 (so far), here in Woodbridge, NJ, but you’ll be happy to know I’ve cleared a space for bird food and removed the snow from my heated birdbath.
This is a beautiful video! I love the birds!!!❤🕊🦅
Lovely November story. Thank you for sharing.
OMG that still at 0:28 and Blue
Love all your videos! So cute and peaceful❣
Hi Lesley - Beautiful video👍
Glad to see familiar faces through December. I hope Spicey Jay's mate is okay.
Peanut is something else riding on your head!-ha!
A couple of days ago Phil the groundhog didn't see his shadow (which means an early spring) I noticed several of my Blue Jays are back, a cardinal, white winged doves and a sweet mockingbird so they knew before Phil- lol!
Look forward to December+January videos. - Stephanie
An absolutely great video, as always. Thanks very much!
BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS LESLEY,
HEARING HOW PEOPLE CANT BREATH OUTSIDE WITH THE FREEZE YOUR HAVING, I FEAR BIRDS WILL BE AFFECTED BADLY.
THEY ARE GEARED FOR WINTER BUT THIS IS EXTREME I WONDER WHAT TOLL IT WILL TAKE ON NUMBERS.
Your vids are so relaxing to watch just love it thank you
Lovely video of your birds! The nuthatches have become a fave this year. Condensation is an even greater enemy to your camera and especially lenses. When you come in from the cold, let your gear in camera bag and in the coldest room you have. A sudden shift into warm room or car will inevitably lead to fungus. Good luck!
This is such an awesome video!!! We have a dozen or so bluejays that I feed (shelled nuts) everyday, as I do the squirrels and cardinals. They are so resilient.
Love your stories. "My hermoso"
👍👍👍😃
Even though super bowl 53 is going on 0-0, Still must watch this clip first!
Wonderful as always and really like the way they come to get hand feed, with no fear.
what bowl ? 🤣
@@thinkabout288 Yaaah. This is not the kind of bowl you use for birds or feathered creatures. Its the kind that horny four legged ones such as Rams play with other Animals. And unlike some minutes back New England Pets are leading by 3! at the end of half time! So for all birds sake Go RAMS GO.
Thanks for sharing
I have some blue birds at my place. I've learned a lot from your videos ... thanks for sharing
Thank you for your lovely videos this one was fantastic
So glad you enjoyed it :)
I love the sound of nuthatches it sounds like broken toy🥰
Having been a KC-135(R) pilot (often in Thule, Greenland, or Lajes, Azores, "Acores"), I can say with authority, that each and every Blue Jay, seems to have a 'complete avionics package' installed somewhere, including TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) and VHF-Air + NAV Radios, because they sure appear to be under the command of (ATC Air Traffic Control). More precision in their take-off's and landings; far more 'take your turn/order of approach'; just as you would see at any RCAF/Canadian Forces Base or commercial/international airport, than any other species. (,,, and not clowns, like starlings, or sneaky, like their Corvid relatives, crows or blackbirds)
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@@MarcDufresneosorusrex Thank you! Keep safe, stay healthy, and most of all, REMAIN VITAL....
@@AMStationEngineer ok likewise sir
Very intelligent birds. Great observation.
Amazing video !!!!!!! How you get the jays to eat out of your hand truly amazing !!!! My jays and cardinals just ant me to leave the seed and leave...
always just wonderful thank you 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Awww, so sweet! I love nuthatches and that buzzy sound they make!
@nick sweeney Love those buzzy little guys. I put out woodpecker suet cakes, peanut ball treats, dried meal worms and a seed blend with peanuts in it. The nuthatches and my sapsucker and downy woodpecker visit several times a day. Really popular here is hot pepper suet. The birds all go for that...cardinals, bluebirds, mockingbirds, goldfinch, East Carolina wrens, twohees (so pretty). I'm looking forward to seeing my little cat bird arrive. I have a pair of those that have been visiting my feeders for the last 3 years. My 2 indoor cats respond/meow back at them when they screech...so funny! We're having some very strange weather in Atlanta. It is currently in the 70s from a "polar vortex" 17 two weeks ago! I hope that doesn't spawn any tornados!
@nick sweeney Ha-ha! It's called "Hot Pepper Delight" and I order it from chewy.com. Walmart also sells it. You do NOT want to touch your eyes after handling these suet cakes. The birds don't sense the hotness... but that stuff will tear you up. Wear gloves or wash your hands with soap and warm water after handling. Mockingbirds, catbirds, bluebirds, cardinals, gold finches, chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers..all go nuts for this stuff. Good luck!
@nick sweeney Yes, it's "zesty" but not in a good way. it was made that way to deter squirrels. 🐿 It will irritate your eyes and burn your nose/throat if you hold the suet cake near your face...and probably burn anything it comes in contact with, so keep it where your dogs can't get to it. 😝⚠️
@nick sweeney The way they go after that suet with such gusto, I'm surprised they haven't gotten some in their eyes. They're all ravenous now with the weather so cold and rainy. We had a very heavy rainstorm here mid-afternoon. Fortunately it didn't last too long, but I had a half-drowned male cardinal waiting it out on my patio. He was the saddest, wettest little thing and was trembling. I wanted to scoop him up and dry him off with a warm towel. Fortunately, I saw him later and he looked a bit drier and was really enjoying the peanut butter/HoneyNut Cheerio balls I put out. 🤗
@nick sweeney Just read your msg., and one from my daughter who often texts me after midnight (my time) as she lives in CA. My cat Tia woke me at 3:00 AM head bunting me out of deep sleep and meowing her "I wanna be fed breakfast NOW" song (3 hours early...). Both kitties are well fed and terribly spoiled, so not sure what THAT was about...Tummies full, they are now falling back asleep next to me purring. About to join them as 4 AM now (!!) 😴🐱🐱💤
I love your videos. Thanks a lot.
Lovely birds...! Thanks for sharing the video with us :-)
Another excellent commentary keep up the good work we love it
You're very kind. Thanks so much
And thank you for sharing your blue Jay stories. I have mentioned your channel to all of my friends and family.
Thank you so much for that :)
I look forward to your bird videos more than anything else in CZcams! I love the documentation-style approach that you take with your story videos!
Hey that is so awesome. I'm glad to know you enjoy these videos. :) Thank you
I've seen 2. Bluejays Soo pretty. Snow with Jay's are pretty
Your videos are always beautiful and peaceful. Love them all! Thank you for sharing your life with the birds. Hugs and take care. Love hearing your peanut is doing well. He reminds me so much of my backyard mockingbird.❤🐦
Aww thanks so much ❤ that's awesome that Peanut reminds of you a mockingbird who visits your yard. ☺🐥
Great video! I love all these videos!!! I finally had a Jay at one of my feeders yesterday for the first time and instantly thought of you!
Nice video Lesley! Thanks for sharing it with us.👍😎JP
Hi Lesley, want to tell you again that your videos are so beautiful, peaceful, & relaxing to watch. I would love to have the personal relationships you do with just one wild bird. You're so blessed to have so many! I'd be shivering in the cold too to spend as much time as possible with them. I know it makes you feel great to be able to supplement them through your harsh winters there. I love feeding & observing my backyard birds so much. I spend most my day watching them through my patio window. I have 7 baths/water dishes & 10 feeders. I get a nice variety of species including a family of crows I put peanuts out for under one of my trees. I've got to read up on learning how to befriend & hand feed birds. I want to experience this first hand for myself. I'd absolutely love to visit to several of the nature preserves in my area regularly & try to do this! I would know the story how you learned to do this. In the meantime it brings me so much joy & warms my heart watching you do it, take care! :-)
Thank you for sharing your photo journal. I enjoy watching and learn a lot. Look forward to your next one. God bless you
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Always glad to hear about the little feathered cuties
As its an irruption year I have been seeing Red Breasted Nuthatches at least two are visiting because they accidentally showed up at the same time and saw each other as you know in birdie world unaffiliated birds meeting starts a chase. I feel bad for the irruption migrators as it is hard on the little guys but they are so cute and much smaller than our typical White Breasted Nuthatches. Are normal winter visitors are Pine Siskins(typically only a few) and then the cute american sparrows known as the Dark eyed Junco(slate variant) and White Throated Sparrows
From seeing Juncos in late November I take it that not all of them migrate? where I live in Virginia we only see them in winter. It used to be Bachelor flocks of young males but the last few years we have been getting smaller mixed flocks I suspect based on behavior that they are paired Juncos higher on the Junco hierarchy but I can't be sure because I can't tell birds apart at a glance on a individual level. They are adorable when they fly with their tail feather patterns we look forward to seeing them every year. The other regular winter visitor the White Throated Sparrows have lots of spunk I've seen them chase away the larger Northern Cardinals when they come out to feed in the Evenings. Both Northern Cardinals and White Throated Sparrows hang out far later than the other birds they actually stick around for a while after sunset to feed though they have flown off before the last rays of light fade. Hopefully they are careful as that twilight time is where Owls and Foxes become fairly active.
For project feederwatch this year we ended up briefly breaking our personal record for the most downy woodpeckers in close proximity with 6 coming all at once the day it really snowed. Of course as always with downy woodpeckers it didn't last they had to go and try and chase away all the other downy woodpeckers because that is what birds do. I love birds. :)
Thank for sharing,enjoyed the video
I absolutely love your videos! 💙 🐦
Thanks a lot Robert glad you enjoy
THANK YOU FOR CAREING/GREAT VIDS
Another wonderful video, Lesley :). Love all the different birds! If your bird journals were books, I would most certainly buy them! Such comforting, and relaxing sounds, visuals, and stories. Yesterday, for the first time, I saw a bird actually taking a bath in my bird bath! It was a female house sparrow. I was delighted! Up until then I can just seen birds drink from it.
Aww that's so sweet. I love watching birds bath, they're so cute.
A book about my experience is so long overdue
cuteness 🤗 overload
Love this
Thanks
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You sure have a little piece of paradise on the Rock, such a nice looking piece of property! Another enjoyable video!
I've always known them as Gray Jays also.
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Nice! Awesome Goshawk!
My Kitty loves watching your videos on your Blue Jays. 👍😍
That's awesome :)
@@LesleytheBirdNerd now you can add 1 Stormy Kitty to your following. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of all 🐦. ,,👍💖
@@redwing8128 Remember, Stormy; birds are friends, not food.
Love this Leslie. I am in Toronto and all my jays disappeared early December. Just getting sparrows, nut hatches and lots of squirrels right now. Where are you located? I put a six foot folding table out for the winter months and spread the nuts and seeds the full length so the squirrels don't fight so much and the birds can get in. Good to know they like kittie kibble. Will start putting some out.
Beautiful video as always Lesley, I'm a new sub but ive been binge watching your videos with my husband. we're both bird people too!
Your jays look so gorgeous on the snowy backdrop. Their colours really pop and you can really tell how, well, BLUE blue's face feathers are; at least compared to how white some of the other jays are.
I live up in edmonton which you might know is the magpie capital of north america. and boy are those little corvids fans of the snow.
they're so smart too, using plastic coffee cup lids and other litter they find as sleds and riding them down car windshields and sloped rooftops and such. I could watch the magpies play in the snow all day.
You could try getting a professional rain protector for your camera, they come in black or just clear plastic, im not sure if that would spook your birds or not though, Theyre not too expensive and might be worth a shot anyway.
Hey, thanks for stopping by and for binge-watching my videos :)
Yes, I'm so aware of Magpies out your way. They are such cool birds, I'd love to see them. How cool that they do all those things you mentioned. What cool birds.
Blue really does have a lot of blue in his face, a few other jays do too but I think Blue has the most :)
Thanks a lot for the tip about the rain protector. I'll look into it and see if it will be something I could use.
Have a great evening
They are cute and loud
I wish we had some Gray Jays.........never seen one in person. Been getting tons of Blue Jays, Juncos,,Woodpeckers, Doves and the arch enemy...a Red Tail Hawk who will terrorize my babies....lol stay warm my friend
I've been feeding a crow the past 4 years and there is a pair of red-tail hawks that like to chase him and steal the food from him. Blackjack just caws and his small murder joins him and together they dive bomb that hawk and emerge unscathed every time. Amazing to watch this from my 4th floor apt. patio. I counted over 30 kinds of birds that visit my feeders and suet cakes. I live in Atlanta.
@@tiamia7139 I have crows where I live ( upstate NY) that I call in to feed, I love crows....I would love to see your crows drive off Hawks .......while I love Hawks , dont like them killing my other birds.......lol
@@russelder9743 Blackjack is a very courageous crow, leader of his murder. He is not easily intimidated, not even by a red tail hawk! 😉 I love watching his antics. When he perches on the back of my patio chairs, cocks his head and looks at me...my heart melts. Last year he left me a love gift right in the middle of my patio railing, where I leave him healthy snacks...he gave me a juicy red strawberry. He's my sweet boy! 🍓
Hermoso! Great name :)
Yesterday, one of my goofball blue jays was mimicking a redtailed hawk screech to scare everyone else. Today, they were doing rusty hinge noises, and when I played along, they got excited. They're hilarious. I had one GRIN at me, you could see it in his face, as he went "CAW CAW CAW" like a crow, and I repeated it, and the game was ON! ...until he got distracted by a peanut.
Still frustrated that after two years of trying to form a bond with my crows, the ONE day they flew in at the precise time I feed, very clearly waiting on me (something they'd NEVER done in these two years, and the ultimate goal finally realized!) ...a hawk flew in, scared them away, and they haven't done it since. In fact, they're very sporadic about coming in to eat my food at all, lately. Most recently, I was at work and my mom was frantically texting me that one sat outside our window calling out, and ate peanuts off of our railing when she went to give him food. I know they recognize us as friends, they just don't do the daily feedings that other people are blessed to have their crows come and do. Some people have ALL the luck, lol.
I think I start recognizing Hermoso.
Just watched The Shack for the first time. Told the folks about your Blue Jay footage used in the movie.
Aww no way ☺🐥❤
Lovely, as always.
Thanks a lot ☺🐥❤
Once again a great video
Thanks a lot Dan :)
Well done, Lesley. They're all just fabulous. I have to ask you - do you worry about them not having enough to eat during Winter months? I do, and my region isn't nearly as cold as yours. You love your birds as I love mine - it's where I spend all of my time, and most of my money. :) Thanks for keeping up posted on the darlings....
I very much do which is why I go out to visit them on stormy days and minus 20C, like I did today. I think about them all the time and have to visit them to bring good food. I love them, they are no different to me than my house kitty. ☺❤🐥 thanks for your kind words. Take care
Leslie J. Awesome picture! I looove cardinals. I wish I could hand feed either the male or female that I’ve been feeding for 2 years in my backyard. They either live really close by or in my backyard itself, as they spend most of their time there. I couldn’t imagine ever handfeeding them, on top of it supposedly being very rare and difficult to do, my experience with them have made me feel that it will never happen- they’re so skittish and even still fly away when I approach my feeders if they’re near them
Thank you! This is Franklin, one of many Northern Cardinals I've received into rehab over the years. I released him in 2013, and he still comes to my back yard for superworms and mealworms as well as peanuts and sunflower/safflower seed that I put out for all of my birds.
Well, if it's ANY consolation, you should know that I too worry deeply about my "kids" as I've come to call them over the years. I'm in Tulsa, OK, so don't experience temperatures
anywhere NEAR what you do. Last week, temps dropped to 7-8 degrees with a horrible North wind blowing at 30 mph. I still go out on those days, early in the morning and again an hour or so before dusk. I put loads of seed out, and then sit on my patio with a bowl of superworms, and another bowl of mealworms for my Mockingbirds, Downy woodpeckers, Red Belly woodpeckers, Blue Jays and White Throat sparrows. Oh, and I have several Carolina Wrens that come in for worms too. I have a small propane heater that I plug in, and
it helps keep at least my legs warm. But they all know me; and they seem to trust me somewhat. Some will take food from my hand, and you'd LOVE to see my Red Belly grab
superworms that I throw high into the air for him. I also have a Red Shouldered hawk that I raised (in rehab) two summers ago; she comes screaming in for mice that I keep on
hand for her (not live mice - frozen and purchased). Bucket (the Red Shoulder) has been coming back since I released her during 2017. She's an incredibly special hawk.
So again, I know how you love them, Lesley-I'm right there with you too.
@@snlself Aww my gosh Leslie, wow what experiences you've had and are continuing to have. I'm amazed so much with the Red shouldered hawk, what a lovely thing and the red belly grab superworms you throw high up into the air for him, wow. So freaking awesome. Thanks for sharing your stories sure made me smile. It's nice to connect with people who understand my love for the birds because they themselves are in the same boat as me :)
I love your videos 😍!
very nice vlog. thank you
You're a very welcome ☺🐥
Love that spot (1:14) by the apple tree...that's a painting! ~Cheers ';D
Hey, it does too :) ~Cheers
Happy video.
LOVE YOU
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This is such a nice vlog,it is so beautiful there even if it is harsh. 😀
Hey thanks a lot ☺❤🐥
The snow is gorgeous! I like the snow on Blue's beak at 2:52+. Wow! Right after that you were stormed with birds. That was actual time, right, not sped up? Hatch's agitated call reminded me of Squirrels' chatter. Oh how I would LOVE to have Crows around like yours. I am trying to figure out where to put a tall metal pole (and not make it difficult for the man that mows my yard) with some sort of platform for birds to eat and be free from threat from cats, including the one that adopted me. I'll have to get with my yardman and make a flower garden for Butterflies, etc., and put the cat-proof bird feeder in the middle of it. You are so fortunate to have the largest of the deer species, along as it isn't rut season. I have not witnessed Squirrels fighting. OH MY! One stomped his foot at 6:10! Enough is enough! lol How far from your home is the 'usual' feeding spot. I hope you do get a video of Peanut getting a ride on your head! Wow! Hatch's wing flicking sure is fast! I noticed earlier that the retreating Squirrel went into a hole in the snow. I apologize for such a long comment. I comment as I watch. I know you post every week, but it seems like forever since your last one. The migraines mess with the concept of time. Thank you so very much for your posts.
I love when they have snow on their beaks too. Such cuties. Yes, that was in real time, they move so quickly don't they? haha! I can total see how Hatch's agitated call would remind you of Squirrels chatter, it really does sound similar. Yes, I think that would be a lovely idea for you to make something to put feeders up. I know you would love it. Moose are quite cool, so big too wow. Haha those squirrels are something else, they really know how to irritate me but at the same time, they are such characters. Oh my. Feeding places are scattered throughout but roughly about a half km to 1 km from home is where I normally start feeding them (that's where their territories are) It would so funny to have a video of me walking while Peanut is on my head, what a sweetie. hahaha . Don't worry about if your comment is long, I didn't find it too long and it was nice to read :) Take care of yourself hunny. Much love to you :)
As far as telling who is who with the Blue Jays, I see a unique pattern on their chests - the white and grey feathers below the black bib - seems to be different for each bird. Some have a white patch that looks like the shape of a "miss america" sash, some have it straight up and down and many other variations - they are always different for each jay. That and the tiny nuances of the black around the eyes and on the head help tell me who is who. Naming them in accordance with the feature that stands out or the obvious personality behavior has helped me i.d. them much better! Dot has dots on her face, loud mouth is - well, a loud mouth! Cee Cee has the letter "c" on each cheek, and Winger has a droopy left wing. Fluff and her sibling have fluff sticking out from under each wing, and Smirky looks like he is always smirking, but he is the one who will always take the biggest peanut from my hand. And there is Gorshin, he imitates all the other bird calls - like hawks, woodpeckers and even crows. There is Baby, Shy One, Beauty (lovely eyeliner!) And Snow White (hardly any black on her face) and Hattie who's black Crest looks like a hat! And I cant forget "Fatty-Fatty- Feather-Head"! No explanation needed!
On the warmer days, they come from almost a mile away, but cold wet days brings only the ones who are resident close to our yard. When I started feeding my birds, I was so confused about how many and who was who, but now much less so! Thanks to you, Lesley! And it is fun to show everyone just how sweet and smart the Jays can be. I read an article online about how mean the jays are, and I was astounded that the writer obviously did not do his research. They actually went as far as to say blue jays are evil pigs at the feeder and that they behead other birds! What? NO!! And that their diet consists mainly of baby birds and eggs - but we know that maybe happens ONE percent of the time. I have NEVER seen nasty behavior from blue jays unless they are defending nests and nestlings! I do see poor behaviour from mourning doves, starlings and house sparrows, yes, but never a blue jay. If anything, they keep the yard safe by calling the alarm on predators - and they protect each other's young. They bravely dive-bomb predators till they leave the area - and sometimes continue to chase them long after they have gotten out of range.
I am so glad I am getting to know the ART of Backyard Birding!
I enjoyed reading about how you've come to tell your own jays apart and you are bang on. They are by far the easiest birds to distinguish between because of how distinct their markings and features are. It's so nice to others being able to see this as well. As for the hate and misinformation on Blue Jays, I'll never understand it. Over the years I've gotten so many ridiculous and outlandish comments about how "evil" the blue jays are and it's just simply not the case. Anyone who knows those birds well can see how incredible they are. Not nearly as bad as some people claim them to be. I don't even care anymore and certainly won't bother argument with anyone like that. Leave them to their ignorance. I have much better things to do in my day than hate on a wild bird or any animal for that matter. haha!
Thanks for the nice comment
@@LesleytheBirdNerd i just adore you, Lesley! Glad I found your channel! Glad you helped me really get to know my lovely feathered friends! They are such a BIG part of my life now! They really do bring me great joy - just like your channel! Thanks for the reply and for your precious time!☃️😁🐦 lol, they need a BLUE JAY emoji!
Ps, I have friends who I have proven to how wonderful the Blue Jays are first hand, now they see what we see! They are amazed!
The snow on Blue's beak and the squirrel fight.. 😂😂😂 love these videos. Any ideas for names the new grey jay?
I know that snow on his beak is just too cute, and the squirrels well they are just little rascals, haha!
I'm not sure if I should name the other gray jay yet because I don't know if it will manage to hold a territory close by for me to continue getting to know it. I do, however, call him little gray jay. If the little guy can manage to stay in my life after Spring I will definitely name it then :)
My Jays got me today. There is one that has that ability to mimic a red tailed hawk call.
Winter has become scary here because a pair of great horned owls have taken over the barn owls nest in my neighbor's barn only around 1500 feet from my house.
Wow, no way. They are pretty good at it
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I am amazed at how little I knew about Jays until I moved to a tiny village where there aren't too many true predators that bother them. My windows have claimed more songbirds than the feral cats who live around us.
I do have to admit my Blue Jays are spoiled because they have taken care of the nuisance bees. I watched the mother Jay dig and peck at the ground finding the queen yellow jacket and calling in the family. I have also seen them go after anything that bothers hummingbirds or honey bees.
Thank you for what you do.