………………………………..Such a pretty brown turquoise egg batch
………………………………..In a nest, by the gate, near the latch
…………………………………….Hurry up little Jay!
…………………………………….Today must be the day,
………………………………..Can’t wait for those blue birds to hatch.
An extra Jay, came over today & hung out in the rose bower. Is it Ruder? (see posts on 5-23-10 for a blow by blow account of the meeting) Very handsome fellow…but the weird thing is that he had a twig.
Exactly the same kind of grey twig that Jayne & Jayson used for the nest [...]
bird, it’s a bird, it’s a super bird! Birds Birds Birds!!! Why not Dogs Dogs Dogs? Really!? What is up with that?
Look at me, people! It’s me, Maezi. I’m incredibly cute – so – I don’t lay eggs – big deal. Don’t get me wrong – loooove the birds. Love the eggs. Really, I do. [...]
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.
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It’ s the afternoon, just a few hours after the melee & the way she had to jump up & down, I [...]
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 fur. [...]
Raven. Ravenous. Ewwww! Now I know where the word ravenous comes from & really illustrates the bird…
I just saw a huge raven pluck some small bird out of the air & land on the lawn & eat it! It was huge & scary! Its body was as long as mine -I didn’t even have time [...]
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 with dewy [...]
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 [...]
