Blue Jay Breakfast Feeding Frenzy

[@TEe-n5h]

In late 2022 my mom had a brief but horrific and ultimately fatal fight with brain cancer. Your videos gave her moments of calm and peace. Fascination and amusement. Happiness and light in a brutally dark time. I think this was the last video we watched together. The part where your hand comes into the frame to drop more peanuts and the Blue Jay quickly comes back for more gave her a little laugh. Laughs were scarce at the time. What was a simple feeding video for you is now something I cherish. Thank you, BackyardBirding.

[@MyBackyardBirding]

So sorry to hear of the loss of your Mother. Thank you for sharing your story, it inspires me to keep making videos knowing sometimes they can make a difference. BB

[@misterninetyseven2898]

We've got a family of blue jays too! They're quite hilarious when they are at our feeder, it's better than anything on TV these days! :)

[@MrBillkaz]

Hahah me too 😊

[@nancyc6035]

I love how they weigh each peanut for the heaviest (when there's time :)

[@KatieKat3388]

1:20 bahaha, that Jay is a troll! I see what he did there, he's pranking his m8s, ya see that? He snuck the peanut out of that shell and left it there so that the next bird comes in haste and flies off with that peanut, he'll find it empty!!

[@lindagolden9393]

Lol....I recently bought a 25 lbs of peanuts. These Jay's love it! It's like animal kingdom here...lol...

[@myka788]

They are so hilariously cute when they are molting 😄

[@earthlingYT]

Baldies. 😂

[@mamaboocee]

You know that the one blue jay in the beginning was imitating a hawk - good example at time stamp 0:40 Yes - that's a blue jay making like a hawk! If it was really a hawk, the jays would not be eating, they would have been too busy harassing the hawk. Awesome catch! I think you have recorded quite a few of their calls and sounds here. I even heard the female rattle call! That's a hard one to get on recording! Great video!

[@earthlingYT]

Ohh - a hawk.. Maybe this is scaring my birds away.

[@mommyharris1111]

Thank you for this video, the nature sounds really soothes this fledgling I’m nursing back to health to return home.

[@MF99K]

i love the hawk-mimicking

[@rustyhook24]

MF99K - is that the black bird that steals the nut?

[@terrynielsen7139]

💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏👏 love it when the squirrel shows up!! 💖💖💖

[@ExtremePacifist]

Blue jays are good mimics; they commonly impersonate Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, and Cooper’s Hawk and Broad-winged Hawk calls. They do this to scare away other birds, or to warn other birds, or just because they have the ability to mimic other birds, they are like song bird parrots.

[@willmon19]

I heard one short video on here of one imitating a coyote.

[@mommyharris1111]

Blue jays are so interesting and intelligent. Guess they aren’t cousins to the ravens and crows for being the dummies of the family! Slick moves!

[@whodatking26]

I enjoy watching them spear into the shell of the peanut to get inside

[@kriloxta3000]

I love you so much for taking care of our fantastic bluejays you are my favorite channel for life you should have a live webcam🤗

[@michaelsimko7694]

Great entertainment! I love how entertaining many types of Jays can be, even if it were to be Stellar's Jays, Green Jays, or California Scrub Jays.

[@bruce2357]

We get the 5# bags of unsalted peanuts from Costco, they're approximately $6.00 a bag. We only have two Western Scrub Jays to feed, we eat the rest. One will take a peanut from my hand on the fly, the other is too shy.

[@MartinParyz]

Nice captures of the birds, they sure like those peanuts I particularly like that black bird. I like how in the edit you included your hand placing down the peanuts. Like the squirrel too. lol. Thank you.

[@MyBackyardBirding]

+M Outdoors Thanks - the Grackles!

[@pauladdis4984]

The black bird tried to steal all the peanuts.

[@Youneverknow222]

It's 7am in Lehigh Acres Florida and I'm Watching my Bluejays scarfing down their Peanuts and seeds! They are such an entertaining breed of bird! They all imitate red shouldered hawks now all the time! Lol Look how cute your Bluejays are they just started molting in this video!

[@MyBackyardBirding]

Great to have Blue Jays around! BB

[@marktalbott3835]

They get a bad rap but what a beautiful and intelligent creature

[@TheBeachMawMaw]

So fun to watch!! Thank you!!

[@graciepascual5253]

Mordecai and his family at the dinner table Sorry for my english

[@ChrisG3253032]

Of all animals I find birds the most interesting to watch. In saying that, squirrels are fascinating characters too. Wish we had squirrels and the like in New Zealand, we have a couple of types of flightless bird instead 😋

[@yeetnama9094]

you don't have squirrels in New Zealand??

[@ndisassmbly]

That squirrel took them all lol

[@sarahlopez9582]

Lol the squral at the end

[@cruzeroger4060]

Soo darn cute!

[@natashaletourneau5368]

I have seen a blue jay fir 2 days now so I’m going to buy peanuts for him!

[@mrsseasea]

i played your video on loud....and 4 blue jays came to see what’s happening!

[@rustyhook24]

Same here except mine was solo and didn’t appear until the video ended. I see bjays thru out the day now thanks to Covid-19, and there is a set of 4 that fly around the neighborhood squawking like they own the place. The seem like they might be the bullies of this hood. All I’m saying is they better not f@&k with my Cardinals!!

[@johnnycee5179]

Blue Jays and a Mexican Jay and a squirrel

[@dbmail545]

Do you have piliated woodpeckers? One of my favorite birds, but darn hard to photograph since they won't come to any bait that I know of.

[@MyBackyardBirding]

+dbmail545 they are around but very wary and don't come to feeders- I have gotten some good video of them in the past.

[@jojochara6352]

Blue jays and friends

[@jhmorgan72753]

this is nuts !!!

[@NatureWildlifeVoornePutten]

nice video

[@Cat39391]

OOOOH LOVE THE SQUIRREL LOL

[@rustyhook24]

Me too! Squirrels are hilarious! They rule the trees and ground while the birds own the air. I’ve witnessed a few local squirrels jumping and chasing the woodpeckers, lmao!

[@kyliemathews9998]

@@rustyhook24 I call my sister squirrel for her nickname.

[@my2cents108]

Do you keep that bird bath in the background clean and filled throughout the day? I keep mine filled. I also have an old fry pan on the ground filled. Wildlife needs clean water.

[@jodibarrick2152]

What type of animals go to the water in the pan on the ground?

[@boostjunkieMike]

Awesome

[@natashaletourneau5368]

This was so cool!!!

[@chrisdenney4182]

I enjoy blue Jays, but they mercilessly raid my squirrel feeder. I've had 5 at a time swooping down and taking the peanuts.

[@mrjoker7505]

Get that damn squirrel outta their! 😤

[@angelhelp]

We're in the process of packing to move, so I can't assume that whoever buys our house will feed "our" birds as religiously as I have for the past 30 years. Your videos fill the gap for us. I plan to feed whatever birds we have in South Dakota, but I suspect a whole feeding season will bypass us this year.

[@MyBackyardBirding]

+angelhelp Thanks and good luck in South Dakota! BB

[@angelhelp]

The move finally happened in September. It took about 2 weeks here to fully establish what I’ve come to call “The Tooth & Beak”. Recognizing individual squirrels and birds, treating the squirrels & bunnies for mange, keeping the heated birdbath full, watching one squirrel survive a constriction injury and subsequent loss of a hand & wrist, seeing a sparrow with 1 leg flap vigorously to remain perched on one of our many birdfeeders, and seeing northern flickers try to bully robins away from water... it has been amazing! Behaviors in one part of the country don’t seem to be universal, though. Bluejays are fairly uncommon here and none have ever stuffed their crops. We only have 2 pairs; they swoop to the hanging screen-type feeder (the one with the peanuts), decide which one to take (I’ve named one bluejay “Fussy”), grab it, and head for a tree. Once the peanut has been eaten, they swoop in and take another. Not one squirrel has raided any of our birdfeeders. We only have fox squirrels and yes, they’ve eyeballed the feeders, but they stick to the ground or the flat feeder on the corner of the fence. Our squirrels actually look both ways before crossing a street. They don’t test the drivers’ reflexes, but prefer to satisfy their craving for adventure by teasing the hawks. For over an hour one afternoon, I watched 2 squirrels come within 5 feet of a Cooper’s hawk repeatedly, yet the hawk did nothing. I also saw all heck break out at The Tooth & Beak when a redtailed hawk abruptly emerged from behind one of our trash bins, followed a few moments later by its mate. I’d had no idea that redtails hunted in pairs! I can’t wait to see what the rest of spring and the summer season will bring!

[@emmalenaamaral5877]

Hey guys are having a good time to do it for you to the next

[@maricris532]

squirrel ASMR lol

[@earthlingYT]

Hiya. I've been playing this to announce to the bluejays when the peanuts are available. So far, no response that I know of. I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Do they know it's a recording, maybe of rival newcomers?

[@brandyraciborski-rieffer8451]

I love these! Do you get grackles? The grackles overrun all our birds, even the crows.

[@MyBackyardBirding]

+Brandy Rieffer only a few Grackles - you'll see one in this video!

[@vistaprime]

that grackle look like a brown headed cow bird.

[@MF99K]

was gonna say I thought that was a grackle

[@tofuneverbleeds]

Are they young Blue Jays? The first few look frail.

[@MyBackyardBirding]

There are some young ones in the mix. BB

[@rustyhook24]

Do you have a bunch of cardinals as well in your yard? We have cardinals, blue jays, catbirds, hummingbirds and 3 species of woodpeckers frequent our yard. I am going to try to capture them with the GoPro using peanuts thanks to this video! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@MyBackyardBirding]

Only one breeding pair of cardinals now, they chase the others off. You'll have fun with the action cam and bird closeups! BB

[@misterjoe2669]

Put on slowmo at 1:06 Watch the 2 land. The slowmo sounds are scary also.

[@wildernesschannel1014]

A few days ago a large flock of common grackles destroyed the bird feeders in my backyard have you ever had issues with them? I like them but i don't want my feeders to get destroyed repeatedly, should i just wait for them to migrate before I replace the feeders?

[@hearthstonecardmaker7197]

2:05 thats not a blue jay 😆

[@MyBackyardBirding]

Grackle!

[@denesespann5099]

I HAVE 3 BLUE JAYS THAT VISIT MY FEEDER I THROW MIXED SEEDS ON THE GROUND FOR THE SPARROWS NOW I HEARD JAYS LIKE PEANUTS SO I BOUGHT A BAG OF UNSALTED PEANUTS IN THE SHELL I'M GONNA SEE IN THE MORNING WILL BLUE COME AND GET THE PEANUTS IF HE DON'T THE SQUIRRELS WILL EAT THEM LORD HAVE MERCY THOSE SQUIRRELS EAT ALL MY BIRDS FOOD

[@MyBackyardBirding]

Blue Jays love peanuts. Good luck and have fun! BB

[@vickiemathews7516]

Swift is a blue jay.

[@professorirelia7730]

Mordecai?

[@mrsseasea]

i’m placing peanuts out, except i only have the salted kind, also from costco.......Wa. state

[@Erica-vk6kh]

😩💖😫

[@traicyarciniega7824]

Can blue Jays eat all kinds nuts?

[@anaismilk5915]

Can we pretend that. . . .

[@starwisdom1814]

What camera do you use to capture this?? I love it 😍😍

[@cbrown717]

I would like to know this as well even my thirteen-year-old son asked me to film the birds at our feeder. It is awesome when children get into nature.

[@emmalenaamaral5877]

Heymanwhohasbeenthemostimportantthingis,butit

[@emmalenaamaral5877]

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