In the past, Blue Jays have not been in my good favor. In every location I have lived, prior to here, the Blue Jays were aggressive, threatening, and pretty much a nuisance. This year is different. Not too long ago, we rescued a baby Jay from one of our window wells. All day, I would go out and check on it and talk to his momma sitting on a nearby branch. I shaded the well from the afternoon sun. The little darling had to sit in the well all day until DH could get home because I am not agile enough to do the climb down into our deep wells, and…well, I was somewhat afraid.

Here is the video of the rescue…..

And a few photos of the little darling……

The last photo is of mom sitting on the roof of the house next door, where we were trying to get baby into the shrubs.

After a bit, DH tried to get the baby bird to go into some shrubbery and it began causing quite a commotion. Quick as as lick, the momma was right there, and was within inches of swipin’ the top of DH’s head. (See that is why I am afraid of them.) I don’t have photos or videos of that part because I was too busy cowering.

Early this morning DH tippy toed (haha) into the dining room to say come quickly…but quietly…momma was feeding her baby from my tea cup feeder. So many times, I have tried to catch the mom eating from my feeder, but she has been quite elusive. Today, I was actually able to covertly slip onto the back porch to snap a few photos of mom’s and kid’s antics. I wish I knew if this was the li’l darlin’ we rescued or not. Momma rewards me for placing food in her feeder by immediately coming for the dinner call. Sometimes she will dart right in even if I am still puttering in the yard.

The photos are not as clear as I would have liked, but under the circumstances they aren’t too bad.

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