11th February 2011
I hear Jays most mornings as they make their way around the neighbouring trees calling noisily to one another, and although I’ve had glimpses of them I haven’t had a really good view of one for ages, so I was very happy to see one call in for a quick drink at the bird bath this morning. They are such beautifully marked birds and are intelligent and full of character, it’s a pity they have the cannibalistic trait that make them a threat to the smaller birds.
A very handsome Jay taking a drink
- JAY – Garrulus glandarius-SPANISH: Arrendajo Común
Occasionally a Jay will stay to bathe and turns a visit into a proper spectacle, it is such an amusing sight to behold that I’m putting in some pictures I’ve taken before when I’ve caught them in the act.
A Jay creating a maelstrom
A refreshed Jay with a new punk hairstyle
nightingale trails 