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Blue jays and blue jay shenanigans (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social to c/birding@lemmy.world

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My neighbor was feeding the local squirrels and birds and this family of blue jays was happy to eat. I even snapped a few action shots. Location: Midwest USA

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I was blown away to learn they're corvids, like crows and ravens.

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[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social [S] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not surprised they're really smart birds. They're also assholes, lol.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

They're also assholes

Came here to say that. Not sure which is worse, a blue Jay or a magpie.

Both can be pre-dawn loud annoying bastards, haha.

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[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

My mockingbirds have a bone to pick with being left out of the list.

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[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

They do impersonations too! Around here, they like to scream like red tail hawks.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

One of these little bastards has been taking me against my will on adventures through time where he's trying to educate me on history lessons, but it's all the most fucked up shit. I am currently trapped in the Tower of London in the 14th century and they think I'm one of King Edward IV's two children.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Shit i was going to say thank fuck he's left that guy alone for a while but here you are

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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

Blue Jays are one of my favorite birds 💙🐦