Teeny Baby Jay

June 6th, 2009

Earlier this week, what I think was a starling flew in through the chimney, leading to this:

Weird, but not too unusual.  Now I’m starting to think something is up.

Not long after returning from the market today, I noticed a smallish (adolescent?) Blue Jay in the yard.  He obviously couldn’t fly, and seemed really calm considering he was probably a goner soon.  I couldn’t conceive a way to help it other than keeping an eye out for kittykittykittys, so I photographed and observed before leaving it alone for a few minutes.  When I came back…it was gone.  I sure do hope it’s OK…with parenthood looming I’m becoming ever more sensitive to these matters.  You should really click on the photos to get the experience, I got some nice macro shots in.

Incidentally, I think this may be his dad.  I snapped it last week when I was obsessing over the bird feeder.

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