5 Good Reasons To Like Blue Jays
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- Blue Jays often get a bad rap, in this video I'm going to give you 5 good reasons to like them and hopefully change your mind
Timestamps:
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00:20 Blue Jays help disperse seeds
01:03 Blue Jays can protect smaller birds
01:36 Blue Jays keep insects away
02:41 Blue Jays are a very beautiful backyard bird
03:08 Blue Jays are very smart and interesting to watch
04:35 Blue Jays mate or life and are great parents
Music: Life of Riley Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Do blue jays eat honey bees?
LesleytheBirdNerd When I move to a house again I would put out calcium for them. Would cuttlebone be ok or what would you suggest if anything?
The 1977 Blue Jays had cool-looking uniforms.
If you turn on the car alarm the blue jay in California.would copy the car alarm very cool beautiful bird. The only loud bird in Saipan in the crow
Can I have six blue for my house alarm. Just joking beautiful bird.
When you see Blue Jays and Cardinals at the bird feeder in winter, that's a sight to behold. Such beautifully colored birds.
You'd REALLY love scarlet taningers then! And pileated woodpeckers, they are a foot tall,and REALLY cool birds to watch at the feeders!
I see it often. Love their funky hair-do.
All I get is stellars jays
That's exactly what's at home.
1977 Blue Jays and Cardinals: two of the best uniforms in baseball.
"Blue jays will eat wasps and dismantle their nests"
GOOD BIRD, BEST FRIEND
Hexen - They are also the sentinels of the neighborhood that warn other birds a predator is nearby.
Hexen ...I wish they’d do that to mine!
Moved into my home near a forest. Lots of Jays.... No wasps or BoP’s. Now I know why! Also just started using my hummingbird feeder as a peanut holder. They love it
Hexen there’s a playground in my neighborhood that is infested with wasps so I need a lot of blue jays
I wish they would get busy in my yard then.
I’ve been observing blue jays for years too. They are amazingly smart! First I have an adorable male I call, Fluffy because he has a very fluffy tummy, he literally comes to my window and waits for me to see him so I will give him peanuts.
Last summer a sparrow flew into my window accidentally and was stunned sitting on the deck a Bluejay flew down next to him roll him over and literally used his beak to press on the sparrows stomach until the little bird started breathing again. Then he flipped him back over onto his feet and waited until the little guy flew away....I was amazed!!
They smart just cause they corvids..
The only reason I need to like Blue jays:
They're cute. :)
They mate for life, the fathers stay and look after their families. RESPECT!
I was offended concerning the bit bulls if & cats! If people would keep them inside, ok, but too many feral cats , very sad! I have a loveable pit bull who is my best friend, why the bad rap! It’s all the humans in these situations at fault!
Patryk Nogaj Patriarchy GOOD! Men are an essential piece of the family puzzle. I ❤️ MEN!
Patryk Nogaj 👍❤️🤣
They are blue jays not black jays!! 😂
@@compuserveuser2779 -- Idiot...
I used to throw a peanut from our upstairs porch, and this blue jay perched on a nearby tree would fly out and catch it in mid-air!
They love raw peanuts!
That's so sweet
That's so cool
My favorite wild bird. I once thought that I was rescuing one, as a teen only to find the mom the next day, on my porch. She was waiting for her baby. I released it and they took off together. Amazing birds.
Blue jays are absolutely beautiful how can anyone not like them
Have you heard a bluejay before? have you seen what they do? You obviously don't know how much they scream. If you lived around them, you'd know why people hate them.
@@CreeseDF actually yes they live near my house we have several nesting around our trees they are gods creatures and they where here first we have no right to hate or harm them
All avians are amazing and beautiful. I'm not however a fan of humans.more negatives then positives
Because they attack all the songbirds. They're mean.
they scare other birds from the feeders
The reason they are so damn smart is because they are part of the corvid family. Or basically, just blue and white crows in a sense.
Pretty much. I haven't ever seen blue jays in this part of the country, but I've seen grey jays and there's an increasing number of stellar's jays living around town.
The darker ones barely look any different from crows, apart from the blue tint and crest. And they behave the same way, lots of shouting and chasing away various cats and animals from the yard.
Well, it's how you look at it.
Is the glass half empty or half full? Are jays basically blue and white crows, or are crows basically black blue jays?
@Eugene Webber Huge thanks!
They eat wasps! A great reason to love Blue Jays.
now if we can just get them to eat Pit Bulls, cats, and liberals, we'd be sitting right!!
@@lisztplayer6308 the liberals will eat each other. The pit bulls will eat the cats or liberals. Learn to like the dogs.
Wasps usually don't bother me. Besides that, wasps feed spiders to their young. I have seen wasps taking spiders out of my clothespins.
Lol my grandad saw one eat a finch xD also @lisztPlayer what have pitbulls do
@@cabbagethewolf9245 some people are still afraid of pitbulls because they refuse to let go of their old, outdated reputation. Sad, really.
@@lisztplayer6308 Leave dogs and cats out of it... liberals on the other hand.. well I don't care what happens😏
The Blue Jay is a very beautiful bird, I love to take wildlife pictures. I have taken pics of the blue Jays and the Cardinals eating together as one happy family. The Reds and the Blues make a beautiful picture. I love God's artwork.
I miss them so much, I live in far West Texas and I haven’t seen one in years, but I think this is one of God’s most beautiful creations.
At an apartment complex where I formerly lived I would put out bread in the front yard for the birds and squirrels. An older male Blue Jay would come every day and sit in my next door neighbor's tree and yell for me. If I didn't come outside right away my neighbor would call me to let me know that I was being paged. Here's the kickers: I'd always go outside and say "Hello my Blue Jay friend!" and then we'd have a nice conversation. All that food around yet he wanted to talk first and then he wouldn't touch any food on the ground, he wanted me to throw down fresh just for him! He trained me somehow.
A year later he was still coming by but now he brought a male Blue Jay friend with him. He was teaching this one that here was a friendly food supplier. It wasn't long after that that I no longer saw the old man. But his legacy came every day and we'd talk and I'd put down fresh food. Sometimes my neighbor would call me (she loved the whole scenario). I came to have MS and some neighbors on my other side who were drunken, yucky people so we moved and bought a nearby house. I tried yelling out the car window to him and even had my spouse play Blue Jay calls outside our house but I never saw him again. I'll always cherish the time I had with him and the old man.
I put peanuts out for the Blue Jays. I, too, had a regular friendly Blue Jay, who would screech for the nuts early in the morning as the lights went on in the house.
He is a better friend for you than a human that capable of harming you.
Great story, thanks for sharing it!!:-)
wow that's really incredible. thanks for sharing. :)
The blue jays seem really smart - picking up the peanuts and setting them down until they find the best one!
i have always loved the jays. I rescued a baby in the 80's from a cat. By a miracle I kept it alive and he lived for 11 years. He was never able to fly. He was a great loving pet that spent much of his day on my shoulder. He also had quite a vocabulary. He spoke many phrases. My favorite was; "Hey Bob, Do you want a coke?" They are capable of mimicking many other sounds. He would also sound like the microwave dinging. Thanks for sharing this beautiful video.
You are welcome and thanks for being so kind to that baby jay. I love that he lived for 11 years and left you with some fond memories. They are awesome!
*Nice STORY, Bro. 😏
Wow, that’s amazing. Lovely that you saved the little fella. I had no idea they could talk and mimic!! That’s incredible, I’ll have to start chatting with the ones that visit my yard :)
That is why I shoot any stray cat that comes to my acre. The are devils.. and their pop can give you diseases if you step on it..
5feetgoaround fullflapsC150 you shoot stray cats?! How awful 😠
I'm learning about them because they drove my redwing blackbirds away. Years of the same RWBB clan, gone. Now, I have one Bluejay who wakes me up everyday at 6:31, and won't stop yelling at me until I give him a handful of peanuts.
He's growing on me, and my cats seem almost as scared of him as they were of my dominate blackbird, but I miss my birds that he chased away.
I love Blue Jays. They've always been my favorite bird, even before I started birding.
They will also warn everyone when a snake is near and sometimes gang up and attack until it moves out of the area.
I imagine anything dangerous is fair game as long as it isn't too large. Brave little fellas!
What's going on with me is this; back in June 2002, I found a female green winged macaw. The female parrot was no dumb animal. She knew that I was acting like a voyeur, back then during the mid and late 1970s.
The female parrot squawked for the male dog beauceron/doberman pincher's attention. He did snarl when he saw me in Capitola CA.
What do the dogs know about voyeur behavior? Plenty that's what!
In my early life; I never had this book called: 'Abnormal Psychology 2nd Edition' before, the psychologist authors are Davidson and Neale.
A lot of people who feed birds don't like Blue Jays because they have to put seed out more often. I have always loved them, and say - so what? What are you putting the seeds out for in the first place? To feed wild birds! BlueJays are wild birds! Success! They are beautiful.
Thanks for the sweet video!
That's a great point. :) I like your thinking
Gs Wovoka.Great statement.Thank you. Love this birds like any others as well.
Blue jays sometimes let me know a snake was near.
And they're pretty good baseball players!
They even won the world series some years ago!
Twice !
@@CraftAero back to back none the less
Yes, they play with the Cardinals 😊
@@waldoperez3005 lol
@@waldoperez3005 And occasionally with the Orioles.
1:46 literally knocked the s*** out of that caterpillar.
OMG I noticed that! GAK
*Insert hulk and Loki clip
Tobacco worm
Blue jays are corvids, like crows, ravens, magpies -- among the smartest of birds.
I have adored blue Jays my entire life. I love how they do all kinds of different calls. I love the hopping up and down that they do too. I really like how these ones allow you to be so close to them.
I'm a deer hunter and I'm endlessly entertained by the fascinating bluejay population on my land in the late fall. I love and protect these wonderful birds!!
I’ve raised many birds dropped in storms
The two best was a blue jay named Igor
He’d come when called
There could be 50 jays out there, but I could recognize his cry
Been over 45 years now, and I still miss him so much
I taught him how to hunt, on my hands and knees, and returned him to the wild
The second was an orange variant house finch
Nest blown down in a storm, he hadn’t a single feather
He had the most beautiful song
Nice.. I had one that hanged around me in the yard too. Brought her sons to greet me too.
I also have one that squawks at me until I toss him some peanuts and then he hides them all around the yard.
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@@eli-fremont - Your own distrust of others doesn't make their words a lie.
Ok...that's it. You changed my mind. Blue jays can stay.
I love blue jays, they bring much needed colorful drama in the winter here in Maine!💙
I've never heard "people don't like Blue Jays". I've never heard anyone say that. I've only heard people say positive things about them and talk about their pretty color. I didn't know hate for Blue Jays was a thing lol.
In the Movie "To Kill A Mockingbird" Atticus Finch recalls that his Father told him (when he was young) that he could shoot all the "Jay's" he wanted- but it was a Sin "to kill a Mockingbird".
I hate bluejays.
Chris. Kimer Why? You need to get out more lol... If you have time and energy to "hate" something so inconsequential you're most likely a virgin lmaoo
@@GodOfDestructionVegeta27 I don't see how hating an animal lead up to you talking about me being a virgin. Lol. I hate bluejays. I go outside all the time. I am active. I hate bluejays cause they scream all the time. They tear up songbird's nests. You said you never heard of anybody hating bluejays, correct? So quit coming up with conclusions out of nowhere, and calling people virgins. Because you think it's "Cool". I simply said i hate bluejays. Or, i don't like bluejays. I'm sure you're a virgin. You seem to act like a classic 13 year old. "Lmao" Shut the hell up. I'm sure you're a skinny pale white soy boy going around the internet to insult people online. Good day.
Ultra Instinct Vegeta My friends have many jays in their neighborhood. They spent big bucks fencing in their backyard so their small dogs could go out to play. But the jays dive bomb them. They now take the dogs to a dog park. Fortunately, they have a sense of humor about the entire situation. Although I thought they were going to smack me when I noted the neighborhood belonged to the Jays way before they moved in and spent money on their great big fence!
I have had a prejudice against blue jays since a child. My Grandparents who loved nature passed that along to me. I am now trying to change that prejudice. This is a great reminder of their place in the ecosystem. I have seen myself how they chase predators away. They went after a huge owl in our yard. Amazing creatures.
We have Stellar Jays here on the southern Oregon coast and I love watching them. When I feed them unsalted peanuts in the shell, they will pick up each peanut before choosing the heaviest one. So smart!
Blue Jays have *amazing* abilities to make sounds and also to imitate other birds. Lang Elliott, a man well-known for recording birds, says on two of his bird song CDs that Blue Jays are capable of perhaps the widest range of vocalizations of any bird. Now, even if they are not #1, being near the top is quite a feat! On one CD, he plays (IIRC) 20 different types of calls and songs.
Just the other day, I thought I heard a Laughing Gull. I simply don't hear those around my house, so it was rather unusual. (However, they do live nearby, since they frequent any large river or body of water in New Jersey - where I live.) I finally found the "gull" - it was a Blue Jay.
I just moved into a new home today. The back yard is wooded. I’m amazed at the various birds 🦢 be seen today. I think I became a bird watcher today. I never appreciated them until today. Great video. Thanks!
They are very smart birds, when they see a cat or raven close by they will make so much noise that alerts the squirrels and other birds. They hide food in all places my patio is filled with a lot of oak seeds. If my bird feeder is empty they fly over the glass door to tap often till it gets filled. They keep my yard free from insects. Feeding them is an added benefit. Bad part is that they hide a lot of wild plant seeds in the yard which will often grow up.
They replant the USA. Great..
Hard core Blue Jay advocate as well! My favorite Jay experience- we had a pile of dead leaves in the back yard and it was mating season. One of the males got on the pile of leaves, spread his wings and tail out fully and flattened himself. It was the most gorgeous display I have ever seen! I felt so blessed to witness it. We have hawks and kites and they love to do a scream and scatter everyone. It always makes me laugh. Also, down here we call the squeaky gate call magic bells- there is a drastic difference between northern and southern Blue Jay vocals. Thanks for your videos and bird love!
I would cap that annoying blue piece of shit and his friend the mocking bird...
Thank you. I had no idea they made so many different sounds. Definitely have heard them warning loudly when a cat was in the vicinity!
I love the striking blue colors of these jays, and they are quite entertaining to watch. Thank you for creating this video to help spread appreciation for these awesome birds. I recall my first A in 5th grade English class for an essay I wrote on Blue Jays, which launched my love both for birds, and for the written word. Especially when covering the awesome animals of this intriguing world. Thumbs up!
I loved blue jays long before I heard about their bad rap. I had a blue jay friend for a while, who I called 'Jay Jay.' He used to tell me when the squirrel would go after my bird feeder, so I could go shoo the squirrel away (squirrels nearly broke my feeder). I'd go back inside and a few minutes later, Jay Jay would be calling for me again. Sure enough, the squirrel was back climbing the feeder. Jay Jay was cute. I gave him extra treats.
jays are very brave ,they get over their fear faster if food is around ,mine come when called , show off the new kids every year, and they really can sing if they are happy
The real Native Americans.. With the real feathers on head..
blue jays are my favorite birds!! i love seeing them on my campus in the spring
I never knew Mordecai was so famous.
There's the comment I've been looking for!
you know who else is famous?
MY MOM
I love Mordecai))
This video has definitely turned my feelings on blue jays. You had me at "Shredding Wasps Nests"! Now I want to know how to attract more blue jays!
Try raw or roasted (unsalted!) peanuts in the shell. You can buy them in bulk at most grocery stores. Also use a flat tray type feeder. Hang from a clothesline or tall sheppard's pole (so squirrels or mice cannot get them)
I still don't like the bastards
@Slomofogo bluejays really love rye bread . I put rye bread out for the rabbits and crows and the jays come and fill their beaks. I find it so amazing how bluejays are also picky when it comes to peanuts in the shell. They actually will pile them up and shake the peanut ,I'm assuming to see which ones have the best haul.
@@fendov planters peanuts are sold at giant tiger ,no salt . big bags but my 25 jays and 5 squirrels will go through a bag in about 5 days .
My Dad and I have always loved blue jays. He says when he was young his family had a giant tree in their backyard (a weeping willow I believe) and he would climb the tree to look at all of the types of birds that would hang out and make their homes there- the blue jays included. He would also draw pictures of them. I see these guys flying around my neighborhood, but it's only on occassion so when I do see them I relish it!
I walked up on a big one sitting on a rotten log in the woods 20yrs ago, they've been my favorite ever since.
When he heard the blue jay, my budgie started chirping and looking for the bird XD
Awww, it looks like he agrees with the video and says that blue jays are friends!
They also let me know when a snake gets near the feeders, they protect those peanuts I feed them ❤️😊
I didn't know that about the wasps' nests.
A friend of mine had a huge wasp nest on the side of his house, waited till winter to knock it down into the snow, next day jay was tearing it apart, picking the wasp out one by one, till nothing was left but the husk blowing in the wind.
I love Blue Jays. This video just made me love them more! 💙
My indoor cats love watching the jays. It's their favourite station on Cat TV. The jays, for their part, will perch on patio furniture right near the sliding glass door. They seem to enjoy showing off for the indoor cats, but when an outdoor cat gets in the yard, everyone knows about it. Also, we used to have a problem with flies on the patio, but not anymore, thanks to our friends, the jays.
I was so happy to find this site. Last year I moved into a home and since the last owner left me a bird feeder on the clothesline and some seed, I took over his responsibilities. I had up to 10 jays by the end of the year! This spring started out calm until the land across the street was clear-cut...yuck...I had been watching food-carrying behavior by the jays from my feeder to the tops of those trees across the street. One the third day...ta..da...I had a flock of bluejays of several different age groups. They had brought their fledglings over and it was noisy for another few days! I put out several types of feed and bought out our towns supply of peanut suet nuggets since they swallow two or three themselves and then carry the fourth with them
Wonderful of you to take over the feeding duties of the previous owner! I started feeding the wild birds in the winter, and this spring I’ve found several egg shells in my yard for the first time and have seen a few baby birds. Never had that here before! So now I feel obligated to feed in the summer too, and I call these “child support payments” since they had so many babies after a steady food supply all winter.
Keep on feeding those sweet birdies, I bet they appreciate it! :)
@@Emiliapocalypse -- Child Support I pay too. I have a budget for bird seed and swet for my birds.. Im a pilot and love songbirds, but not the bigger birds. They fly higher and destroy airplanes. Hawks, dam hawks also kill the songbirds. Hide and shoot them..
@@feetgoaroundfullflapsC Hawks have their own place in the ecosystem. Many species were made extinct in some areas of my country because they upset the grouse that were being raised to be shot (I'm not going to start on why "trophy hunting" is for the sick of mind...). The ecosystems flat-lined. Eg with no natural predators, rabbits quickly got out of hand and basically ate the plants needed for the other key species. As a result the few pairs that were left in other parts of the country had to have protection - not just legal, but physical protection - and over the decades they've been reintroduced to the places they'd been wiped from. The ecosystems are now improving.
I understand they're a pain for pilots, but let's be honest, they were there first! They probably think pilots are a pest and would have a better case for it!
@@y_fam_goeglyd Bullshit. Predators need to be controlled too or they will kill too much. Cats need control too. SHOOT THEM ALL.
I am always excited to see the Blue Jays in the woods below my house. Had a conversation with my sister the other day in defense of them.
I too get so excited to see them! I usually only have one or two but as soon as the unshelled peanuts are gone, so are they. ;)
Only one Jay has lit on my peanut feeder, but I think it is too small for them to feel secure perching on it. They have occasionally tried the black oil sunflower seeds. In bad weather, I scatter peanuts on the ground for them. And I see and hear them in the woods below my house.
Leslie Moise 👉 good Jay 😳 I love it when she says that
YES
How rude!!!
I have a huge organic vegetable garden, and I encourage birds to come to my feeders and bird bath. Every year I also have a good number of blue jays hanging around my yard, and I never get tired of their visits and chatter. Now I have even more reasons to like and enjoy them! Thanks!
I have Jays that stay around my home. I call them my noisy neighbors, but I do enjoy their company.
Sky High - - That’s Sweet.
With a name like Sky High I now understand why you enjoy the company of birds...
I am a Blue Jay advocate no matter what a majority of folks say. Glad I came upon this fellow birder.
I know my neighbor shoots every bluejay in sight...he doesnt like them...i really dont either! He gets 30-40 each season! They take great care of their young, but kill other young birds right in their nest.....well boom boom your gone!!
L B I know your neighbor and I shoot his favorite birds with my blowgun. Btw I'm way ahead. Bruhahaha
5feetgoaround fullflapsC150 , for a cop your awful violate on social media, are you just 5 foot tall or what. Shooting people over a bird. Arrest them. Be real.
@@keithmartin7831 -Was a cop in South America. You just shoot criminals. Saves money..
It's funny how much I love birds that other people tend to think are too loud and noisy. I love jays and great-tailed grackles. Both loud and silly birds. Thank you for making this video!
Grackles? Ewg!!
Grackles are very underrated! I trained a flock of them to eat out of my hands and they keep all unwanted pests away during the day!
@@DigitalDuelist ok now I need to know how to make friends with the grackles
The fact that you like blue jays and your profile picture is a red maple leaf, that's kinda fishy lol.
I love them too. Two feeders, and a birdbath and hollow log I fill with peanuts. My Florida Riverfront patio looks and sounds like a sanctuary and I LOVE it.
Thank you! I hope many people learn from these videos. You are doing a great service. 🤗
no i still hate them despite them being "Great"
I learned I'm not alone in hating the noisy corn thief's.
Yep this vid is spot on. The blue jay is an amazing bird and I love them so much. They are SMART and beautiful!
Good jay.
Mine always yelled at me in demand of peanuts! I'd toss them out my front door and they would dive for them 😂🐦
Lol they're pets
Mine do the same thing!
Love Blue Jays and have quite a few in the backyard.
What lovely gorgeous little creatures! I love how much patience the dad has for his hungry little ones!
I don't need convincing: I've always liked jays! I love their sassy, fearless personalities. If there is a jay nest nearby, they will dive-bomb a cat and send it packing! Even though the cat is my own, I always cheer for the jay. i've seen them eating out of the cat's dish, with the cat looking on mortified, but not daring to do anything about it for fear of the other jay!
That is so cute. Jays have such an awesome personality, I really can't understand people who dislike them. Thanks for the nice comment. :)
I kill bluejays! They attack my cat, and i shoot them with a pellet gun. Such a terrible bird! They scream all day, and they're trash! Cardinals are so much better! :)
@ Creese Lighten up Francis...
@@thespiritof76. k
did not make me reconsider my feelings towards Jays at all.
'cause Jays are already awesome!
Lyle W hell yeah they are!!
...and we don't need Environmentalist Propaganda videos, correct? Let's just Love the natural world God created. 😊
He had us in the first half not gonna lie
I have had Jays in my hedge for years. I love them. There are also many cardinals and mourning doves in my area with a few redheaded woodpeckers. The falcons, eagles and hawks have their hands full, but fortunately everyone seems to be in harmony overall.
Thanks for sharing your videos and positive input!
Blessings!
@Ricca Can you send pics of that woodpecker in your hedge? I'd really appreciate it...
They were my favorite as a kid and I love them even more now.
When was the last time you saw one?
I have been talking to some people and in my local area no one has seen one in years.
I'm trying to find out what's going on.
I have a few living in my backyard and also some wild rabbits. When the rabbits are in the yard you can count on a Jay sitting on the fence post and they will warn the rabbits if the neighbors cat comes over in hopes of bunny lunch. I have also seen the Jays playing with the rabbits. It's almost a game of tag. Seen a baby rabbit get tired of the game and the Jay came up and pecked him in the butt. The rabbit jumped straight up and the game was on again
Omg that is such an adorable story. I saw a similar thing before between a blue jay and a ruffed grouse. The blue jay kept tugging the grouses tail. Too cute Thanks for sharing your story I enjoyed it :)
Jeff Womack- That sounds so cute! If you see it again please record it and upload it here! :)
forgot about that one! Those rabbits go straight up like a cat. Calif threshers and jays do same to one another too
No need for me to reconsider Lesley. I love Blue Jays. I love to watch them at my feeders and I also witnessed one chasing a Cooper's Hawk while on my way home from work one day last summer. Awesome creatures!
Thank are awesome birds. I'm glad you are already on the same side as me :)
This is a great help to other birds and wildlife. Crows will also chase raptors.
OH MY BLUE JAYS ARE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BIRDS, :😘😘😘😘😘
good keep them, they are feeder pests..
I love em, adorable birds. So much personality, they come for peanuts almost every day. They don't show when it's too windy.
Blue jays are my favorite birds! I wish I could hear this video better but my mom is really loud on the phone with her cousin
Great video with excellent footage of these beautiful birds! I never understand why people "dislike" some species of birds. They just do what they (have to) do. Greetings from the Netherlands.
I have watched Blue Jays Throw babies and eggs out of other birdsnests.
Eternal Prep lots of birds do this. Not just blue jays :(
Only the blue jays that did that survived I guess
Eternal Prep to keep their babies alive.
It's called Mother Nature, you can't question her, she has her reasons for everything that she does. We are part of it, and we are not going to change her no matter how great humans think they are.
I had a really nice carriage house flat, and in the back I had a 30 X 20 deck that of course I used often. I had a couple Blue's and a Cardinal eating shucked peanuts out of my hand.
This was one heck of a rewarding experience, I miss it
Awesome sunshine. I didn't know they mate for life. Also bird calls to scare off predators. Thanks so much. 💜
I've never seen a mean blue jay. I've often known them to be very gentle as soon as they know there's enough food for everyone. Naturally very large it is easy for them to scare smaller birds just by showing up
I wanted to hate bluejays,
But MAN DO I HATE WASPS.
I hate blue jays AND wasps
@@Susie82961 You are truely one cut above me.
Yellow Jackets are woke wasps and therefore demons
I like BJ's 😄
B Christian...Ooh good one. What are you 12?
Thanks for changing my opinion w/Blue Jays!
I am a bird person. We have 2 pairs of Jay's that hang in our yard. I knew they are the alarm of the bird world. Keep up the great videos and thanks for the hard work
Blue jays are part of the crow family. so the last tid-bit of them mating for life and having a close family bond didn't surprise me at all.
Crows are known for having a family hierarchy and meeting up at a designated forest/feeding ground at least once per year, when the family perches they form a literal family tree, with the eldest going in the top branches and the youngest on the bottom or ground.
Agreed... One befriended my dad and was like tamed, sitting on his shoulder, eating out of his hand and even groomed his hair.... It was amazing.
That's so sweet
How long did it take him to train the bird to do that ? That’s pretty cool !
Beautiful birds. Animals are a Gift, from the Good Lord Jesus Christ.
56bluegold Amen!
Friend: why do you like blue jay?
Me: MORDECAI!!!!!!
And this was a competent, well-put-together video with LOVELY images. And I also enjoyed reading the comments section.
Love blue jays, I have 3-4 in my back yard in Minnesota. I put a mix of black oil sunflower, peanuts, cracked corn and a little mixed seed out for them; today I was watching one of them pick through the food, sweeping his bill back and forth to toss out the food he didn't want! We get tent caterpillars here too so I hope they'll stick around and raise families over the summer! They are so smart.
These were the first birds I noticed as a toddler, and they have always been special to me. Ty for this video
I have a unshelled peanut feeder and I love watching them swoop down and grab one. They are so quick. One of my favorite birds!
I am so glad I came across your video. It was very impressive to hear what they do, and how their personalities are. When my husband and I moved into our new place last August I honestly was shocked to see how many their were in our back yard. People thought I was making it up. I had nearly 15 of them diving down from the tree and pouncing around. Apparently acorns were in our back yard. It really is a wonderful site to see. 😊
The blue jay may have planted the sunflower seed for himself, or the gardener.
When hunting, many consider the blue jay a nusience because of giving away the hunter's location. It's just the opposite: the jay is the hunter's scout, and also tells the hunter he's moving too fast.
Put out a bowl of chicken egg shells to supply birds with calcium.
Oh wow great information!!
Great video! I have always LOVED blue jays!! I learned a number of things about these wonderful birds, thanks to your video!
My blue Jays greet me each more. Love them. They surprise me too sometimes.
Great video! Blue Jays are some of my favorite to observe. I have never found them to be mean or bully birds. I find them to be very cautious and methodical particularly with birds of similar size such as red winged black birds and grackles. They always seem to avoid confrontation with them. They do spook smaller birds but that is probably just a size thing. That said, they don't seem to mind sharing with Cardinals as they often feed together in my yard.
I agree. The only bird I've seen to be confrontational with other birds their size are Red-bellied Woodpeckers. They'll stand their ground with any - Grackles, Starlings, Cowbirds etc. Fun to watch...
True but what she didn't tell you in the video is they take other nestling to feed to their young. Maybe she does not know.
Also did say how some jays are lazy and lay their eggs in smaller bird nests to raise their young.
@@putteslaintxtbks5166 Sounds like a very intelligent trait, humans do similar things, surrogates, baby sitters, nanny's, adoption, etc. Might even be a willing thing the smaller bird will do for protection maybe? Or like a sly lazy trick these birds figured out long ago lol :)
Love Blue Jays 😍. Txs for Sharing, Lesley 😊.👍
Great To Know,On Wasp Nests Lesley 😊.👍 ♡
I have 2 pairs of beautiful resident Blue Jays I get to watch from my kitchen every morning! Wonderful birds!
GORGEOUS birds!!! ❤ them! Cardinals and blue jays are the beauty queens of a yard or garden.
A big old Blue Jay recently took up residence in a tree in my back yard, and while he or she is very vocal I'm cool they chose my tree as a home lol
Hi! What a wonderful video! I have many Blue Jays around my home. They are gorgeous birds but they have always annoyed me because they are so loud and bossy. I have 3 sweet crows that come every morning for their little pieces of bread I spread out for them along with their seeds. Some mornings the Jays are swooping down WHILE I’m still outside spreading my crows bread cubes. I will admit that they have actually made me laugh out loud a few times. I must say that your video has given me the greatest reasons to admire those bossy beauties. I will always think differently of them now! I thank you for that. I subscribed and can’t wait to see what else you have. Bird watching is such a joy! Caroline
A Bluejay landed on my bird feeder today and I just smiled and watched it eat. They are such beautiful birds!!! And I also have a cardinal pair that comes back over and over again to eat too. I love watching them and drinking my coffee. :)
I have always loved blue Jay's...such beautiful birds and fun to watch.....
We love them...♡ Love these winged lovlies!!
Wow- youreally taughtme one...brill....
I never really tried to attract blue jays to my yard until I watched this video last fall. I started buying peanuts and would put those out for them. It took a few days to start seeing them regularly, and I am really happy I started trying to attract them.
I have seen videos of birds hiding food, and even see it occasionally. Once the blue jays became common, I really saw it happening a lot. There is one blue jay that would hide peanuts all over the back yard. It was comical watching him (her??) move leaves around to cover the peanuts..
Ive also seen video's of birds robbing another's cache - something I have never seen in the wild until the other day. There was a red bellied woodpecker who kept going back and forth to a tree in the back yard. The blue jay that hides all the peanuts in the yard was going from the ground to the tree, finding things on the ground to eat. Once the woodpecker flew away and did not come back for a couple mintes, the jay went into the tree and emtied his stash.
I'm happy I found your videos Lesley, they have been a great source of information. Thanks for what you do =)
I love your channel. This is the video that got me hooked. You deserve a lot more subs.