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Wild Blue Jay eats out of my Hand
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[quote:johnnytrainor:MV81MDQ4NjRfNzc3ODEwM180OTdDOUFDNA==] [quote:IDW 373629] They exhibit no fear. and when I go outside and sit down they land on the chair and on the deck rails around me. It's not about food, either, I have never fed them other than the bird feeder which is for all the birds, and it's not near the deck. They just recognize me as a friend. It is really comforting to have them act in such a friendly manner. [/quote] I know what you mean "it's not about food either" --- this Blue Jay will just come HANG OUT around us all day long, and literally follow us around the acerage. If we are sitting, it will just come and sit on a branch in a pine tree close by. My mother has often said, "That bird has brought me so much joy!" And I can relate when you say, "they have not forgotten," because we can be gone from the property for 6 months, then come back and there she is, and will fly down to our hands to grab a peanut. To reply to another comment, we are on the west coast, in Aguanga California to be exact, about 30 miles east of Temecula. [/quote]
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There's this wild Blue Jay my mother trained to eat out of her hand. It will fly down and grab peanuts from my hand also. One time it came 48 times in a row within an hour's time, grabbing peanuts out of my hand, burying them, and returning for more. I've not heard of anyone else making a pet out of a wild Blue Jay and was wondering if anyone else here has done so. This Blue Jay has been around for about 8 years. It really loves my mother and will just stay on her hand for several minutes and will look into her face as though it is trying to communicate. We have it on video also.
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