Blue Jay in the old tree

Think he is checking me out?

This is one of the birds at Rockwood, you can see why I want Jimmy to keep the feeders filled. Jimmy broke down and filled the feeders during his lunch hour yesterday. He said by the time he got off work they had eaten quite a bit. He will fill to the very top before he leaves on Friday. I have seen as many as 12 different types of birds in a 2 hour span. There are 3 pairs of Blue Jays and 3 pairs of Northern Cardinals. Jimmy also saw 3 Sapsuckers yesterday, but they are not at the feeders, just the Oak tree.

Blue Jay enjoying a treat

I have been seeing other people taking pine cones and adding peanut butter and then seeds. I don't have any pine cones, but I have this tree in the Rockwood backyard that has real rough bark. So I decided to smear some peanut butter and add seeds. Did this a couple of weeks ago, but didn't get to stay to see what happened.

When I returned to Rockwood all the seeds and the peanut butter was gone. So were all the seeds in the feeders. After refilling the feeders I didn't have any seeds left. So I just smeared peanut butter. Didn't take long until the Carolina Wrens showed up and started in on the peanut butter, they didn't seem to mind at all the seeds were not there.

The following day I added the seeds, and here came the Blue Jays. My intend was to bring the Red Bellied Woodpeckers down to eye level so I could get a good look at them. Hey, I am not picky, I like Blue Jays. And the Carolina Wren was another first for me, yes I have led a very sheltered birding life.

I don't know if he is showing me his prize, or telling me I can't have any.

more photos of Blue Jay at Cherokee Lake

More photos of the Blue Jay from yesterday.

Blue Jay at Cherokee Lake

I decided to drive over to Cherokee Lake this morning to see what I could find. For me this Blue Jay was worth the 10 mile trip.
I got there as a couple were putting out the nuts for the squirrels and Blue Jays.

He is looking at me as if to say "Come get it, if you think you can!"