Feeding Wild Birds

[ValerieJ]

Blue jays are pretty

Aggressive tho, I know.

Oh I like the blue jays. It's the pigeons I want to move on. Not because they aren't pretty, but because they devour so much food!

Blue jays are called sentinels of the forest here. They are the first alert system to danger.

 

[ValerieJ]

I keep calling them blue jays, but actually we have Stellar Jays. Same family but with a black head. In So Cal we had gorgeous blue jays.

 

[R2elk]

Red-breasted Nuthatch

 

[R2elk]

Western Tanager

 

[R2elk]

Yellow Warbler

 

[R2elk]

Bullock's Oriole

 

[R2elk]

I keep calling them blue jays, but actually we have Stellar Jays. Same family but with a black head. In So Cal we had gorgeous blue jays.

I had one pair of Steller's Jays here for about 15 minutes one day.

 

[Debbie292d]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act

A reminder...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) prohibits the take (including killing, capturing, selling, trading, and transport) of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization by the Department of Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Protected birds are protected by law. Unless and except as permitted by regulations, it is unlawful to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, or possess a protected bird or any part of the protected bird (feathers, bones, etc), their eggs, or their nests.

https://www.fws.gov/law/migratory-bird-treaty-act-1918

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Thank you for your understanding.

-BYC Staff

 

[R2elk]

Least Flycatcher

Opened the window in the screen door and let it out because it refused to go out through the open door it came in through.

 

[alinas2010]

Least Flycatcher
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Opened the window in the screen door and let it out because it refused to go out through the open door it came in through.

The whiskers