Game Day

Found this guy in the back yard today. I think he was shopping for peanuts for the jays next baseball game. Or maybe for tonight's Raptors game?

[April]

I hear a jay calling all the time, but if I can never find him. I love their color and markings.

[Joanne Diochon]

@aecasey I discovered last year that, if I wanted to see the jays, putting whole, in shell, peanuts out usually attracted them. Then I just had to find a spot that I could see easily from the house to place the peanuts.

[April]

Oh! Thank you ... I will get peanuts next visit to town. Do you have trouble with squirrels getting to them first?

[Joanne Diochon]

@aecasey Sorry just noticed this question now. The answer is yes! I have trouble with squirrels getting the peanuts. I usually put out only a few at a time, a couple of times a day. If the squirrels get there first then they get them but only the few I've put out and the jays are greedy too so, if the jays see them first, they just make several trips, taking one peanut each time, till they are all gone. It seems to be a sort of first to notice, gets all the goodies.