Oregon Scrub Jay

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Every morning while I was in Oregon in the middle of January, the birds would come to the feeders in my sister in laws back yard. The blue jays in Illinois are pretty skittish when it comes to being around humans. But they sure don't have a problem with vocalizing. I remember as a kid in school there was a blue jay in the tree outside my classroom that would squawk all day, in a very noisy way. Since I started doing photography I have learned how hard it is to get a good shot of birds in the wild. They never sit still for long. One morning sitting in my sister in laws back yard in Oregon a Scrub Jay was in a tree watching the other birds at the feeder. My sister in law said the feeder in question was to small for the Scrub Jay to land on it and feed. But she just knew it was getting seeds somehow, but she didn't know how. Finally after sitting quietly for some time this Scrub Jay came to the feeder. Now she knows how he does it. If you enlarge my photograph look between its open beak and you will see the seed he is getting ready to eat. I clicked at just the right time.