blue jay attacking house finch nest
A disturbing video of a blue jay attacking a house finch nest, tossing most of the fledglings out and carrying off one
A disturbing video of a blue jay attacking a house finch nest, tossing most of the fledglings out and carrying off one
4/10/2024
A pair of Blue Jays collecting nesting materials in a neighbor’s yard. (The female is shown in the photos. )
Blue feather found at Kleb Woods. Think either Eastern Bluebird or Blue Jay but leading towards Bluebird due to color. I’m not an expert on bluebirds but it looks nothing like a Blue Jay feather. https://ebird.org/checklist/S145097417
Pretty much everyone is collecting nesting materials, Starlings, House Sparrows, Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Mockingbirds.
2022 Bird Nests part 1.
Please correct me if I am wrong on any of these IDs.
American Goldfinches and a Blue Jay
A few of our feeder birds
Three Blue Jays eating suet
Mr. and Mrs. Jay trying out the new feeders!
1 blue jay egg. Appears to be infertile as the baby blue jay already fledged. There used to be two eggs. There was an eggshell in the nest.
Blue Jays!!!
Blue Jay in grass
A better picture of the Blue Jay showing the eggs. The eggs are very light blue with brown speckles. In the first picture, there is the baby and one egg and in the second picture there is the baby and if you look carefully you can see one egg and one egg hiding under the baby. The third picture shows the eggs. The 3rd picture is older.
It’s NOT a cowbird! It’s a blue jay! We saw it today and it has blue feathers, a black beak, and white and black on its face. The two eggs didn’t hatch so they are probably infertile.
Older picture from 2019. Thought it would be good to share. The bird looks to be newly fledged. There are a few blue feathers starting to grow. It was under a big Oak tree
Baby Blue Jays found in bamboo.
Blue Jay fledgling
Lots of fledglings today! 1 White-winged dove,1 Mourning Dove, at least 2 House Sparrows, 1 Mockingbird, 1 House Finch, and 1 Blue Jay! The baby Finch couldn’t figure out how to eat the birdseed. He picked up a huge sunflower seed and then put it back. He couldn’t even eat the milo and millet. The baby Blue Jay grabbed on our window and ate a spider.
Blue Jay nest with 3 young. Sorry for the bad pictures. The was about 10 feet up.
Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay visit our feeder. Mr. Blue Jay gave Mrs. Blue Jay a seed. The female was seen in a tree with her fledgling yesterday.
Notice the pink ribbon through the nest and tied to an adjacent limb? They unwound this from another limb and nest on the same tree when building their nest. They probably spent 3 hours on the ribbon. It is not just wrapped around the limb, it is tied.
I made and put up a Flicker box in the yard. Flickers had 7 young. I was a little concerned as there were a pair of Blue Jays nesting in a Spruce 30′ away from the Flicker box. No problems, 7 Flickers fledged. The Blue Jays had 3 young,
4 eggs were discovered in a nest in my Magnolia tree. It wasn’t too high up so I was able to get a small ladder and take pictures. First time ever to have a nest where I could see it. So excited to have babies. Two for sure, possibly 4 total.
I found this nest in a Mulberry tree that I was trimming limbs. There were some branches that were perfect for setting my camera up with a remote control. I watched from a distance and took random shots as well as ones when parents approached.
We have a serial killer blue jay in our midst.
I witnessed him several times throughout the day flying about with unknown hatchlings in his beak. Then I had the unfortunate chance to witness him stealing the first of the newly hatched Northern Cardinals from the nest I’ve been monitoring and posting photos of here. And despite the best efforts of mom and dad, the Blue Jay had emptied the Cardinal nest of all three hatchlings by days end. Dad Cardinal still seems awfully disturbed by this, even the next day, as he keeps hanging out by the nest giving off feeding time chirps. Sad day all around.
Female Female Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) regards your photographer with a wary eye as she incubates four eggs in a backyard nest.
Getting the nest prepared
managed to get pics of 2 of the 4, these are 4 or 5 days fledged
All of these birds can be found at the Johns Creek Environmental Campus Center in Johns Creek, Georgia. It is a bit hidden but in a man made forest and creek park.