My new bird feeder and an Eurasian Jay
Las weekend I paid a visit to our local garden center to buy some new plants for my garden.
Apart from plants the garden center also has a department for pets and garden animals like squirrels, hedgehogs and of course... birds.
Since I like birds in my garden I'm placing bird food in my backyard so I can attract them. I already had a bird feeder for bird seeds, but in the garden center I spotted a feeder for peanuts. Peanuts will attract other birds; mostly bigger ones.
A couple hours after hanging my new bird feeder in a tree in my backyard there was already an Eurasian Jay checking it out.
I really wonder how birds spot it when you place new food since it only took a couple of hours for them to spot it. Normally I never see these beautiful Jays in my backyard.
Eurasian Jays
The Eurasian Jay is quite a common bird that lives in a large part of Europe, but they can also be find all the way east in Japan and in south-east Asia and in a small part of Northern Africa.
The birds have a nice brown colour but have some distinctive blue feathers on their wings.
They make quite a lot of noise since they have a screeching call. Especially when they spot any danger.
Jays are quite shy, but when when there is food, they will come to urban areas. Since the bird feeder is hanging quite close to my backdoor I was able to shoot some nice closeups of them.
I've been using my Canon M50 with a 70-200mm zoom lens for these shots.
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Really astonishing to see such rare species of birds(at least rare in my region). Lovely photography by the way.✨
Thanks! They are quite common over here, but they are quite shy.
Great shots! I wish my neighbours had birds instead of 3 very annoying ratdogs. 😜
Thanks! Birds can be annoying too though. Especially the Jackdaws can make lots of noise 😀
But most of them are calm and kind.
Actually, I’m in southeast asia but I haven’t see Eurasian Jay until your post. He looks quite friendly.
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Beautiful photos and a nice looking feeder too!
Never seen nuts for birds. And I think it is amazing. The only bad thing is if the squirrels will find this. They might empty it in a day :)