Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Jun 05 2009
Blue jay extortion
We've been treating the adults of the local bluejay family with a bag of raw, unsalted peanuts in the shell. It was sunny and mild today, so we had lunch out on the back deck and took the bag of peanuts outside with us. After one of the adult jays nabbed a few peanuts we threw, it decided we weren't moving quickly enough and got brazen enough to make a landing on the edge of our table, right next to the peanut bag. It looked us each in the eye by turns, then took one quick peck at the bag of peanuts and flew away. You can say one thing about (so-called) wild birds. They have ways of getting your attention when they want to, even though it means they risk their own safety in order to invade your personal, peanut hoarding, space.
posted at: 13:57 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
We've been treating the adults of the local bluejay family with a bag of raw, unsalted peanuts in the shell. It was sunny and mild today, so we had lunch out on the back deck and took the bag of peanuts outside with us. After one of the adult jays nabbed a few peanuts we threw, it decided we weren't moving quickly enough and got brazen enough to make a landing on the edge of our table, right next to the peanut bag. It looked us each in the eye by turns, then took one quick peck at the bag of peanuts and flew away. You can say one thing about (so-called) wild birds. They have ways of getting your attention when they want to, even though it means they risk their own safety in order to invade your personal, peanut hoarding, space.
posted at: 13:57 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
