🦉 The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius brandtii )
- Garrulus lat.: garrire to chat, babble, chirp, garrulus talkative, chirping, noisy; ax prone to..
- glandarius glandis, glans (lat.) acorn
- brandtii brandti, Fedor Fedorovich Brandt (Johann Friedrich von Brandt, 1802–1879), Russian zoologist and physician.
I don't see these red-headed beauties very often, usually at the end of October. They are about the size of a pigeon.
You can mostly hear their signature croaking, but since they are a crow, they can also "speak in other voices." For example, I once heard a jay gurgling like a chicken. And once a jay deceived me by screaming like a black woodpecker, to which I immediately went in the direction of the sound, wanting to take a photo of the woodpecker, but saw this red beauty there.
They eat the same things as other crows: insects, invertebrates, small rodents, and also destroy bird nests by eating eggs and chicks. Their diet also includes plant food in the form of seeds, nuts and berries, but they especially love acorns.
| Camera | Lens |
|---|---|
| Nikon D5200 | Tamron SP AF 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD |
Wow, seeing birds with blue plumage always brightens my day they are so beautiful.
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