Emily's Jay
During a bird-ringing session last week, my trainee Emily caught and ringed (banded) her first Jay. This handsome bird is a member of the crow family and has a viciously sharp beak. It left both of us with bleeding fingers!
posted by Maalie at 7:04 am
10 Comments:
Beautiful bird! And beautiful your last post of Galway Bay. Ireland certainly is lovely, and Scotland. I love the green, and the rolling hills.
I love the beaded look of the blue on the wing. Wow.
Wonderful close up shots of the bird. It looks quite comfortable too. I would hate to hurt it by holding it too hard.
Beautiful jay. Pity they are such vicious little bastards! They eat baby birds. Yes, yes, yes, I know it's survival of the fittest, biodiversity etc. but I still don't like it when nature expresses itself red in tooth and claw. (do jays have teeth?)
Badger was nearly pecked by a swan yesterday.
Ugh, made my fingers hurt and clinch just to think about it - yet it is a lovely blue!
Happy Easter Maalie!
certainly looks sharp!
Beautiful series of images on the Blue Jay. They are winter migrants to India and I m still waiting to get my first image of this bird.
Trainee??!?
I find jays beautiful, too... Plus, we have so many here in Schwarzwald, but I have never seen one so close...
I am very, very envious of these images. We don't get jays here, and the opportunity to ring them. Fabulous.
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