I can hardly stand to look – after the fight, I can’t bear to think of what state the eggs might be in – but Jayne comes & broods & acts like they’re ok. . . . . . It’ s the afternoon, just a few hours after the melee & the way she had […]
Jayson has been scarce today, but finally visits the nest – but no bugs – what’s up with that!? Peck, peck a little back & forth peck – doesn’t look particularly friendly. What? Are they fighting? Do they need some friendly counseling in these stressful last few days of waiting? Jayne gives him the brush […]
Sitting, more sitting, days of sitting. Many bugs, More sitting. & what do you give to Jays as a nest-warming “welcome baby” present? Worms? I don’t see worms all that often – only earthworms, only after a rain, & then I like to rub my chest on the ground so the worms stick to my […]
More accurately, their conversations consist of “twiiiiiirp”. Yep, that’s what they sound like to me. I’m sure I sound like “arf, arf, arf” to them. At least I try to vary my dialog with “ruffs” & “barks”, the occasional “grrr”, even a few “woofs” thrown in for good measure – of course that’s just when […]
So, now the Jays are getting serious. Seriously brooding that is – sitting, sitting, sitting, turn the eggs! Sit, sit, sitiiiiing. Snuggle down… It’s a little cold. A little windy. The nest sways to & fro in the rose bower. Settled in – hunkered down, patiently waiting. I’ve never seen Jayne so beautiful as this…Adorned […]
Maezi has appointed herself the guardian of the nest. She patrols the back yard & the interior of the Predator Preserve several times daily. She barks at the mocking birds that stop on patio& she shoos off the occasional neighbor cat who ventures into the yard. For their part, the Jay birds spend their time […]
Back to 3 eggs!!! Wow, that’s what I call efficient! How the heck does she just pop one out? I mean, really, one on “stand by”?
Jayson’s back. Or is it Jayne? Sits on nest for a only a moment, then gets up & starts moving the eggs around. What do you do with a broken egg? Then EEWWWWWWWW! Eating – eating something black, stretching a stringy black thing, pulling it out of the nest. Eating, eating, ECK! That is not […]
One of the eggs is cracked in half…are those tiny feathers? It’s way too early for hatching & it just looks wrong. Does the brown spot mean incubation or is something wrong? Will they all break? Isn’t it supposed to take 16-18 days to hatch? What does it all mean?!!
There once was a nesting blue Jay That sat in the flowers all day …..We went in our pen …..We watched and so then The Jay thought that we were okay.
