Jays In My Garden
17 videos • 258 views • by Menora James Eurasian Jay is a lovely visitor to my garden.They have been visitng from a few years back. It is such a wonderful sight to see them feeding in my garden. Eurasian Jay ========== Eurasian Jay is a beautiful Corvidae easy to identify thanks to the bright blue wing patch.Both adults are similar with pinkish-grey to reddish-brown upperparts. Eurasian Jay's common call is a loud, raucous screech "skaaak-shraaak" which be often repeated if the bird is threatened. Eurasian Jay frequents all kinds of woodlands and forests. Behaviour ======== Eurasian Jay feeds primarily on invertebrates such as caterpillars and beetles during the breeding and nesting seasons. It gleans from foliage in trees. But as other Corvidae, it also takes eggs and nestlings of several bird species. During autumn and winter, it feeds on seeds and berries, chestnuts and acorns. One jay often caches acorns in winter (up to 3000 a month), by burying each acorn in the leaf litter or beneath low vegetation. It has learnt to know the green shoots of oak produced by the buried acorns. The next summer, it easily finds them and feeds the germinated acorn. It is a prolific planter of oaks! Eurasian Jay is secretive and wary, often heard rather than seen. It remains hidden into the dense foliage, but sometimes we can see it easily in city parks. Eurasian Jay performs anting, remaining passive while ants run over its body. After anting, the bird often bathes, then shakes itself and preens. Eurasian Jay usually flies fairly low and between trees. In flight, the white rump is very conspicuous. It performs undulating flight.