Date: 6/19/25 8:52 am From: Michael Fialkovich <0000012b4af48ab0-dmarc-request...> Subject: Allegheny County Blue Jay Antics
Hi,
The other day I looked out my upstairs window to see a Blue Jay land on the porch roof. This part of the roof is a popular perch for the neighborhood birds.
The jay was carrying a large cracker. It held it in its feet and broke off a small piece and placed it on the peak of the roof. It then ate a few bites of the cracker, then flew off with it, leaving the small piece on the roof. I don't know why it broke off one piece and left it but it was interesting to watch.
A few years ago a Blue Jay landed on that same roof with a large cracker (someone in the neighborhood must put out large fancy crackers) and it placed it whole in the gutter and left it there. It was gone after a day or so but I didn't see if the jay took it.
Fun behavior to watch. I wonder what was going through its mind.
