Comments on: Little Known Fact: Blue Jays are Vicious Carnivores

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transgenic animals — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:52:01 +0000

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By: Przepisy BHP

Przepisy BHP — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:57:22 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:17:27 +0000

I too just found your blog after just watching in shock as a scrub jay went after a mouse I had released on a hillside. Nuts!

Great blog, too. “I wonder what it had for lunch, maybe some berries or something.” Guess again!

By: Beneath the Surface | Nadia's Backyard

Beneath the Surface | Nadia's Backyard — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:59:30 +0000

[...] have found very few accounts of this predatory behavior by bluejays, but there are a few. Here is one. Here is another. This entry was posted in Musings, Wildlife. Bookmark the permalink. ← [...]

By: admin

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:25:27 +0000

Nothing a steady aim and a baseball bat can’t take care of.

By: James

James — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:23:07 +0000

Arlene, trust me, the only time you’ll see jays being harassed is when they get too close to another species’ nest. They are being fought off, not “bullied”.

By: James

James — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:21:05 +0000

I am appalled. I just stumbled across a jay beating the f*ck out of a sparrow in my yard. It was like watching a knife murder. STAB STAB STAB! unfortunately I scared the jay away, now the sparrow is slowly dying out there, breathing really hard while it bleeds to death. This means the hungry jay, who did not come back, is going to hunt down another one. I hope I never see this happen again. It is and was horrible. I typed in “blue jay carnivore”, that’s how I stumbled on your site.

By: Bob G.

Bob G. — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:00:17 +0000

On Sat. May 28th 2011 I watched a blue jay attack and fly off with a CHIPMUNK from beneath my birdfeeder. The following morning, what I assume was the same jay, attacked and tried to kill a chipping sparrow from beneath the feeder. I chased off the jay and retrieved the sparrow from the lawn as it had burrowed into the high grass. Its head was featherless and bleeding behind the base of the beak and appeared more shocked then injured. After holding the sparrow for a few minutes it flew off. In my 45 years of birdwatching I had never witnesses such a agressive carnivorus behavior by a blue jay. I now know that it is not such an unusual trait in the species.

By: Arlene Hart

Arlene Hart — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:03:37 +0000

Blue Jays are protected by federal law. It’s illegal to poison, kill or otherwise harm them. Blue Jays rarely eat young house sparrows..They are important to our ecosystem in that that reforest barren areas. We have Blue Jays (and other Jays) to thank for our trees, and, therefore the very air we breathe. I’ve been working with Jays for over 8 years and can honestly say I see the Jays being bullied by other birds…notably Doves, Cardinals, Mockingbirds and even house sparrows. Please take the time to know the animals so many of you are defaming and killing.

By: South Texan

South Texan — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:28:14 +0000

A blue jay attacked a nest with four young birds today. Grabbed one and flew away. The others scattered to the four winds. Mom and dad bird flying around frantically. I has pretty mad at the jay.