Plight of the Blue Jay
How loud does a blue jay screech? Extra loud, if he's stuck in your three season porch: We've had a lot of birds take up residence here this summer: woodpeckers, chickadees, catbirds, cedar waxwings, and cardinals have all moved in, in addition to the usual robins and sparrows. Kirk even saw a humming bird in the perennial border, though it was too fast for us to get a photo. I think they all took advantage of the power vacuum left by Fletch's absence , and somehow they all manage to get along despite the presence of many blue jays. In case you're not familiar, blue jays are mean . I've seen them keep crows at bay, and they screech and scratch and generally bully anything else with feathers. And we have a lot of them this summer, picking away at some of our grapes and pole beans. But how did one end up inside? Cooper must have caught it and dragged it in through the cat door. He then proceeded to play with it for what must have been most of t...