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A community for people who like birds, birdwatching and birding in general!

Feel free to share your photos and other birding-related content here. If a photo you post isn't yours, please credit the original creator! Additionally, it would be appreciated if the location of the sighting and a date were given when a photo or question is posted. You do not have to give the precise location, something like "Northern Idaho, June 2023" or even "North-Western US, June 2023" suffices.

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Why did no one tell me that blue jays are kind of big? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They get pushed around by the morning doves, woodpeckers and sparrows.

I've got a birdfeeder with a camera and can confirm that Blue Jays are NOT the bullies 99% of the time!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Yes! Educating people on the value of Blue Jays and trying to dispell the myths about them is important. Know my mom constantly is telling coworkers and others about how the Blue Jays get a bad rap. The ones around us have a mile plus wide communication network that gets the word out about predators and food being available. Kind of cool to hear them if you're on a walk and then see the hawk they're chasing/warning about.