The first scout showed up in the morning. I had not seen them at the bird feeder until now but often heard their distinctive screeching calls in the woods.
Suddenly, the pergola was a blur of blues, maybe 15 birds altogether. The entire tribe had descended.
They never sat still for long and were quite skittish about being photographed. Since I didn’t dare change my lens to take in the whole clan, I focused more on individuals, their poses and feather patterns. I enjoy their bright blue feathers, reminiscent of summer skies and white clouds.
In honor of their visit, I’ve distilled blue jay essence in this image:
The Beauty Along the Road 
So beautiful! Nature and animals in all their glory 🙂
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yes, these birds seem to know they rule the place in their regal blue color (size and sounds help, too)….
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I love Blue Jays! When I start to miss them though I look up and see our Flycatchers that are quite similar in size. They are just as chatty but not as screechy sounding. Great captures once again!
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Your flycatchers must be different from the ones here. Our flycatchers are grey/black/whitish and the size of sparrows. Blue Jays are big birds and they can be raucous, but I still enjoy them.
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We have a variety anywhere from about six inches to almost nine inches, most of them are brownish/grayish on the back and have yellow tummies. They definitely aren’t as bold as the Blue Jays used to sit in our pine trees in Canada. 🙂
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Interesting, I’ll have to look up the giant-size flycatchers 🙂 You must be seeing many of our winter migrants in Panama….
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They are so pretty! And you did a great job of capturing them with your camera too.
Nancy
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Thank you, Nancy. It was such a surprise to see so many of them.
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Gorgeous captures. What photo editor did you use to distill the last photo?
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Thank you, Debbie. For the last image, I used one of the artistic (blur) filters on Photoshop.
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