FEBRUARY I MARCH 2021 birdsandblooms.com 23
Spring Awakening
Readers watch their yards come to life as a new season arrives.
The blue jays
that visit our feeders are
difficult to photograph.
They’re very skittish,
darting in to snatch a
peanut and then quickly
flying away to either enjoy
it or stash it for later.
Oftentimes, the greedy
jays store one peanut in
their craw before plucking
a second one and flying
away. This photo captures
the blue jay’s personality
in a nutshell as well as the
sparkle in its eye. I used
a Canon EOS 7D Mark II
with a 100-400 mm zoom
lens to take the shot.
Linda Taylor WACO, TEXAS
BIRD TALES