Hi all, I just witnessed some really cool Blue Jay behavior. Two jays were on the ground under one of my feeders, when suddenly one began hopping around the other in a very odd pose, leaning inward as it circled around the other bird, almost hopping on one foot at times, standing up tall and with its outside wing slightly spread. It did this several times, sometimes switching direction, while the other watched it. The two separated and both strutted around standing up very tall with their crests elevated. Then the circling was repeated several times and I am pretty sure that, at least once, it was the other bird that did the circling! Then some more strutting. Then both birds seemed to lose interest, and started to feed instead.
Never seen anything like it! Quite amusing to watch. I wonder if it was courtship…will do some reading to find out. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin A new book coming May 2014 http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/BOOKS/G0000ccYTIzOzsYA/I0000bcMn4rPRp58 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
