#stellar jays

My Inprnt:

‘LOKI’..one of my resident Stellar Jays waiting for a peanut last Summer (2021) in the Grape vines. <3

“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring… these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”

-John Burroughs-

As our backyard birding intrigues continue a new player has arrived on the scene, actually one player and two cohorts. We have been used to our little feathered friends: juncos, chickadees, sparrows, finches, the odd guest of cedar waxwing, and obsequious robin. Then one day a raucous “shack shack shack” sounded from the front yard. Looking out the window revealed a flash of brilliant blue…

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