Bluejay

[ysabetwordsmith]

My partner Doug called me out to the kitchen to see a bluejay just now.  Apparently there were two, as one flew away and another one was spotted.  :D  I'd been hearing their calls all morning.  Then something fascinating happened: the bluejay made an utterly iconic "cuckoo-cuckoo" sound while we were watching.  I've known they can mimic -- a friend had a rescue bluejay that learned to mimic her phone ringer -- but this is the first time I've heard a bluejay repeat another birdcall.  And then it screamed "Thief!" in a perfectly normal tone.  LOL 

This was on the patio in the vicinity of the hopper feeder, so I suspect that the birds have already discovered that I put seed out yesterday.  Usually it takes them a week or so to notice.

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Re: Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

LOL yes. Did you know there are videos for cats, of birds or fish? Some cats don't seem to "get it" but others are enchanted.