Feed me!

The baby blue jays are growing up fast, and their parents are becoming super protective. Speedracer is going to go out in full armor (bike helmet, lab safety goggles, etc.) to get some better footage. If you come even within 5 feet mama or papa will buzz you! We read that blue jay babies fledge at about 21 days but that time period can be longer if the brood is large (we have 5) and if weather/feeding conditions are not good. The babies on our deck hatched on May 30th, so they are about 12 days old now. We have been putting some whole peanuts with shells out on the deck that the mama and papa seem to like. Cho Cho really does keep watch. Click on the arrows in the right hand corner to get a full screen view (it is a little blurry - sorry!).