[Mnbird] Bluebirds and Blue Jays

[Allen Batt]

  A friend from southeast Nebraska maintains 400 bluebird nestboxes and fledges 2,000 bluebirds annually. His numbers are less than 10% of that this year. Young bluebirds have been scarce, but blue jay, oriole and grosbeak fledglings entertain as they explore their new world. The day was a baby when I put peanuts in the shell into a feeder. A young blue jay had never seen such things. He tried to land on the feeder 15 times. I counted them. None involved a successful landing. He found the peanuts vexing. An adult flew in, grabbed a shell and flew away. The youngster followed suit, but not without trepidation and several fumbled goober footballs.

Al Batt 
Hartland, MN



Al Batt

“Do something wild today. Look at a bird.” — Al Batt
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