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Blue Jays Screaming

July 10, 2011 By admin

There have been blue jays screaming in that back yard since early this morning. Blue jays, in my experience, don’t even show up until 9 or 9:30 – so that was unusual. And then they kept it up for hours, an entire herd of them, by the sounds of it. When the screeches continued, I thought there might be a hawk, but saw no sign of one. Of course, the trees are covered with their leaves, so hawks are harder to see – though they often do prefer the very tops of trees and bare branches, so that’s where I looked.

Then about half an hour ago, I looked out the back door – and did a double take. There was a big hawk, laying on the patio, with one of its wings stretched way out. A pigeon was near, but then flew away. I was hoping the hawk didn’t have a broken wing, and figuring I’d google for a raptor center – when the hawk rose, puffed itself up, fluffed out its wings and took off – no harm done. I’m thinking s/he misjudged the landing or the target – and thereby injured his or her dignity.

The blue jays are only screaming intermittently now – just their normal racket. Way too hot for anyone else even to be about, until shadows start to cover the patio.

Filed Under: Nature / The Environment

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