Nesting Scrub Jays
Posted by juliana on March 23rd, 2009 filed in BirdsIn my yard I have a pair of Western Scrub Jays that I have been seeing for a few years. One year they nested in our Quince bush. It was really interesting to watch them! First they built the nest, consisting mostly of sticks and twigs. Then the female sat on the nest, lay her eggs, then incubated them. Mostly the female sat on the nest and the male brought her food, but occasionally they switched. Then a few days after their chick hatched something happened to it, I’m not sure what but one day it wasn’t in the nest. I assume a predator got it. The next year they nested in an Oak tree across the street. Once the chicks fledged they brought them over to our yard and that’s where they spent most of their time. It was really fun watching them squabble for food and learn different skills. This year they are once again nesting in our Quince bush. All they have done so far is build the nest and they female has sat in it a couple times. One day I was looking out my window and I saw one of them down on the patio. We have an old, torn-up door mat out there and she was plucking little fibers off of it and finding them on the ground around there. When she finally flew off her beak was stuffed with little strings and fibers. That’s all the activity so far but I’m keeping an eye on them.
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