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

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.

One blue jay came down and ate, then two more came down and ate (or the first one brought a friend? I haven’t observed enough to distinguish markings).

Sir. Ma’am. You are standing IN the food.

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 have crows and blue jays, but specifically directly around the house only blue jays because they actively chase away the crows. It’s both hilarious and dismaying because I wanted crow friends, but I have zero levels in Avian Diplomacy.

We get a few owls here, which is really cool. The only frequent bird interaction I have is with the female cardinal who tries to fight our house every year.

I laughed out loud at this picture Like this is the absolute epitome of a grackle simply grackling as hard as it can

That's a grackle that, like a pokemon, has evolved into a gracklord.

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?

YOU SHOULD OFFER THEM PEANUTS DO YOU NEED PEANUTS?

THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME I need to get peanuts to see what the blue jays do with them. I’ve definitely seen one breaking open a sunflower seed on a planter.

Remember you can get pepper oil to coat them in to keep the mammals out of them.

So far the squirrels haven’t come to the front step (which is also fascinating), just many birds and one cat. But yeah, I am keeping that in reserve.

Mammals gotta eat too...

Mammals get walnuts and acorns and the occasional corn cob.

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