Jay In My Garden

Omg a rare sighting of a jay in my garden.

Xbox on series x. The wings have a bright blue flash and the face has a black moustachial stripe. In the garden they will take peanuts and kitchen scraps. The jay is a colourful crow that is about the same size as a jackdaw.

Sitting area in my garden. Came to see what they meant and it fits. The last 3 feathers ive found have all been blue scrub jay tail feathers.

A good garden is a metaphor for life and if we listen can affect the direction and the quality of our lives. Its happiest when its emptying a peanut feeder or scoffing mealworms. The featherefore was a rare to my region burrowing owl feather left by one in a 10 minute window between scouting a camp site on privately owned land 45 square miles and returning to it with my tent.

This is at the top of the three tiered koi pond. The screaming call usually lets you know a jay is about and it is usually given when a bird is on the move so watch for a bird flying between. Food is the way to win any birds loyalty and jays enjoy a range of treats.

Away from the garden they can be seen flying across woodland during autumn in search of acorns most likely. Insects small rodents bats newts birds eggs and young birds. Research has shown that jays can store and more.

Both male and female jays build the nest which is a deep cup shaped platform made from twigs situated in the fork of a tree or the centre of a shrub. Email save to ideabook 45k ask a question print. Landscape architects designers.

Suet mealworms cracked corn and sunflower seeds are other great options to attract jays and natural food sources such as small fruits and berrieselderberries cherries wild grapes blackberries etckeep jays coming. Art philosophy psychology spirituality story telling magic and horticulture. Nuts are a particular favorite including peanuts offered whole or already shelled.

Jays form long term pair bonds and are solitary nesters that start breeding in april. Jay sifford garden design. The jay has a harsh screeching call.

Jay sifford is a garden designer based in charlotte nc. Its plumage is predominantly pinky brown in colour with a white rump black and white wings and a black tail. Jay garrulus glandarius the jay is a large and rather exotically coloured member of the crow family.

I do tend to approach garden design from these perspectives. Food especially acorns is hoarded and may be hidden in crevices or buried in the ground.