Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Wild Bird Wednesday: The Blue Jay

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday.

31 comments:

i stora drag said...

So very nice, both your photos and the bird! We don't have this one in Sweden.
Greetings Pia

Anonymous said...

Beautiful captures of Mr Blue's actions and expressions- if birds have expressions (;>)

TexWisGirl said...

handsome devil! great shots!

Phil Slade said...

Nice pictures of Neil Diamond there Carletta.

Kerri Farley said...

Blue-Ti-Ful :)

Findlay Wilde said...

These are really nice birds, I hope to see a Blue Jay one day. From Findlay

Carletta said...

Phil, As a Neil Diamond fan I get that comment! :)

mick said...

Great close-ups of a beautiful bird.

eileeninmd said...

Wonderful bluejay shots, Carletta!

Betsy Banks Adams said...

We have Blue Jays here in late spring and summer. They disappear in winter --although I've seen them around in the Glade.. They just don't stay near our house... Bet they go near the water...???

Hugs,
Betsy

imac said...

Wow, what wonderful photos of the Blue Jay, captured beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Such a handsome bird!

Red said...

Blue jays are great performers. You got some great shot showing their curiosity.

Stewart M said...

I thought you said all your crows were black - Jays are a type of crow and this splendid fellow is certainly not black.

I found a field guide to the Crows (and jays!) of the world in a second-hand book shop last week (and now of course its on my book shelf!) - and there are a lot of crows which are not just black.

Cheers and thanks for linking to WBW. Stewart M - Melbourne

Carletta said...

Stewart: Yes, related species, but the birds we call crows are all black, including legs and bill and noisy. :)

Karen @ Beatrice Euphemie said...

I love Jays! You have really captured this one nicely. I like his expressions. We have Stellar Jays here and Gray Jays, but no 'Blue Jays' like this. I remember this type from my childhood in New England. I really love their calls. xx

Jori said...

How do you capture birds so well?? I was trying to get a cardinal yesterday. They would only sit still for a half a second. Beautiful photo's!

NatureFootstep said...

great portrait of the jay. :)

don said...

A fine bird series with excellent detail and color.

DeniseinVA said...

Wonderful posts on the Blue Jay Carletta. I love to watch them outback. Fun birds to study.

genie said...

This is one beautiful specimen of a blue jay. They used to bomb our heads in Palm Beach when I was a little girl. I was scared to death of them. Now, I would be thrilled to see one in the yard. These pictures are wonderful.genie

Dave said...

What a lovely little montage of a very charasmatic bird..... still love your header image, I have to look a few times when I visit your site.

Nancy said...

Beautiful close-ups of Mr. Jay. :)

George said...

These are great portraits of the bluejay. The collage is very neat as well.

Rebecca said...

Wonderful shots of the blue jay! Thanks for sharing :)

Brian King said...

Beautiful collage! Blue Jays are one of my favorites.

Amanda said...

Lovely shots with personality. I always think of hunger games when I see everyone's blue jay photos, maybe one day I'll see one.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

He's a sassy fellow who knows how beautiful he is.

A Colorful World said...

He looks like he has a cute personality! :-)

forgetmenot said...

Amazing capture of that bluejay--great detail-so sharp and clear. Mickie :)

Wally Jones said...

Wonderful images! We have a jay in the yard who has learned to imitate a hawk cry. It clears the bird feeders and all the stuff is his for awhile.