AlanLichty
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We have had a Bluejay family that set up some light housekeeping in a row of arborvitae along our property line. Not the most quiet neighbors we have had around to say the least with their endless screeching. They are not easy to shoot since they have lots of cover between the arborvitae and our cedars but the kid has grown old enough for the parents to teach it how to feed itself. The bad news for me is that they showed the kid one of our blueberry bushes that is usually the first to bear fruit. At first the youngster went after unripe berries which I witnessed a couple of days ago while I was shooting some flowers and I was able to grab a shot of the young thief in action:
The worse news is that the little brat has now discovered how to pick out the ripe ones so when I got ready to get an early harvest of some ripe ones I had spotted one evening I came out in the morning to find bare stems where the ripe ones had been and happy screeching coming from one of the cedars.
C&C always welcome.
The worse news is that the little brat has now discovered how to pick out the ripe ones so when I got ready to get an early harvest of some ripe ones I had spotted one evening I came out in the morning to find bare stems where the ripe ones had been and happy screeching coming from one of the cedars.
C&C always welcome.
Once the other bushes get going the bluejays aren't really going to make a serious dent at all. We have usually frozen several gallons bags of berries by the end of July. On the other hand the jay might stick around for more photo ops too. I need to carry my DSLR when I go out to pick.
