Sean Eric Fagan: In both cases, they'd built a nest in a well-traveled area, and the boy was driving off threats. For the one at the shopping center, *lots* of people got attacked. Just quick hits to the head as fly-bys.

Today’s time from kee-kee to first blue jay? One minute. I timed it on my phone.

So I went outside, I put out some birdseed for the birds and some kibble for the International Cat of Mystery (who I didn't see, but I put out kibble anyway) and I made the "kee-kee!" noise that, I don't actually know what it means in Blue Jay, it's the only one I can imitate. Five jays in 5m.

OMG earlier today we had: one (1) actual blue jay and four (4) magpies, of whom one was IMITATING the jay (apparently for annoyance purposes???) It was VERY, VERY CLOSE

HAH. A convention of corvids!

It's mostly magpies out here so I'm always excited when I get to see a blue jay, haha :D

I’m so jealous. We just get grackles, who are the wish dot com version of corvids

I've been attacked by two different grackles in California.

Yikes! Here they just make cheap sci-fi sound effect noises and beg for fries or tortilla chips, which are salty and terrible for them. Why were they attacking you?

In both cases, they'd built a nest in a well-traveled area, and the boy was driving off threats. For the one at the shopping center, *lots* of people got attacked. Just quick hits to the head as fly-bys.

Ours gather in huge numbers in the trees in grocery store parking lots. And appear to mostly be yelling at each other about who owns which tree. But they don’t aggressively defend them, maybe because so many cars and people come through.

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