Bob and I get an inordinate amount of pleasure watching the blue jays outside of our log cabin in the woods.
At one corner of the house grows an oak tree and an evergreen. I can see the oak tree from my computer out of a south window and Bob can see the evergreen when he sits in my favorite chair by the west window. SO this morning we watched the blue jays eating acorns. There are several of them and they perch in one of the trees, cocking their heads from side to side looking for acorns on the ground. They seem to prefer picking them up from the ground. I guess those are the ripe ones? After swooping down and picking one up they somehow perch on a branch and, holding it between their feet, they hammer away at it with their sharp beak. Are they just removing the cap or are they actually breaking it into pieces? It looks like they swallow it whole. They must have quite a gizzard to grind up those babies!
Anyway, this is entertainment in the backwoods of Minnesota. This is one more scrap of my crazy quilt! =0)
I find birds fascinating, too! I love the shape of them, their songs, their funny eating habits and the way they line up and look so perfect! This sounds VERY entertaining to me!
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