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Wild Blue Jay eats out of my Hand
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[quote:czygyny 186582:MV81MDQ4NjRfNzgxMDEwNl84MkI0MDFEMQ==] [quote:johnnytrainor] You are teaching me. Interesting that these so-called blue jays we have here aren't even blue jays, but Scrub Jays! Everyone I know here in California has always called them Blue Jays, but I researched it a bit and you are sure right. Bird maps of the blue jay territories only show east of the rockies. I wonder why real Blue Jays have never migrated west. [/quote] I believe the Rockies and the Mississippi are both barriers to many species of birds and even plants. As for what people commonly call jays, I find that it is a common practice. I cringe everytime I hear someone call those pretty yellow birds 'wild canaries', which are actually American goldfinches. Usually you don't know these things until you are bit by the 'birding' bug, and then you get obsessed about proper identification. Then, you'll be out there with the rest of us nuts, binoculars in hand, Peterson's Guide in the other, sturdy shoes and sunblock hat, with your trusty waterbottle at your side, ooing and aahhing at the next life-list check mark you make. [/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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