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(DIR) Post #AneCs0DpYNxZHjf5oe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-02T23:28:19Z
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The fact that bluejays are corvids explains so much about the bird drama I saw at our bird feeder as a child. The bluejays were so mean, and so busy, and they were the only birds who'd take on the crows. Everyone was aghast at their antics. But they are little blue crows and that explains EVERYTHING.
(DIR) Post #AneD12EvQBZs9ITsGm by Paperposts@zirk.us
2024-11-02T23:29:55Z
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@futurebird and they seem to have gang fights too
(DIR) Post #AneD6hcT03xzvxC8C8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-02T23:30:58Z
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There is something diabolical and perceptive about the corvid mind. Songbirds are just confused by their drama and complexity. I imagine the poor bluejays feel underestimated by their peers, since their colorful feathers and size make them seem like songbirds.
(DIR) Post #AneDDitAg8nXtjM77o by schratze@todon.nl
2024-11-02T23:32:13Z
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@futurebird but they are songbirds! As are all corvids
(DIR) Post #AneDScVMhEmQRTK9Im by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-02T23:34:56Z
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@schratze I thought a song bird had a stereotypical "call" while corvids can make any noise they want and will mimic, and learn.
(DIR) Post #AneDrZN1UIJ7xaJpZo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-02T23:39:26Z
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@DavidM_yeg I've got your number now buddy.
(DIR) Post #AneEBICL2lRiUbj4DY by tanquist@masto.ai
2024-11-02T23:42:59Z
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@futurebird I hate mean birds. Earlier this year we saw a pair of beautiful yellow birds we'd never seen before at our feeders, and they nested nearby. Then a crow stole their eggs and we haven't seen the yellow birds since.
(DIR) Post #AneEtwoJPOWDBwmThY by gneilyo@mastodon.online
2024-11-02T23:51:02Z
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@futurebird I’ve heard Steller’s Jays imitate crow calls. They’re so bold and sassy, I love them
(DIR) Post #AneF8WfMtWVORzY6Ge by sgillies@mastodon.social
2024-11-02T23:53:41Z
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@futurebird My favorite corvid is the Canada Jay https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Canada_Jay/overview. It's easy to feed them by hand in the winter, like in long and boring lift lines. I always make sure my kids have pockets full of gorp to share on ski days.
(DIR) Post #AneFKM6fyqsvAwxl68 by _L1vY_@mstdn.social
2024-11-02T23:55:51Z
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@futurebird Love corvids ❤️
(DIR) Post #AneFMr3VsrS9k1fvBg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-02T23:56:19Z
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@_L1vY_ Everything "bad" about them is also true of people.
(DIR) Post #AneG74vocsDs667F5c by loran_hayden@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T00:04:38Z
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@futurebird corvids are cool
(DIR) Post #AneGPImfrSKwGyWtiy by sollat@masto.ai
2024-11-03T00:07:43Z
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@schratze @futurebird Today I learned! I sometimes hear the jays in my yard making very quiet soft noises. It not often but it happens. From Wikipedia:Many members of the crow family (Corvidae) communicate with croaks or screeches, which sound harsh to humans. Even these, however, have a song of sorts, a softer twitter that is given between courting partners.
(DIR) Post #AneHgtIVSTUoOVMzLs by jstevenyork@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T00:22:13Z
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@futurebird Crows and jays at today's feeding. The crows don't like when I take their picture. When they see the phone, they sit nearby until i put it down. The jays are like, "More for us!" Actually, after initial squabbling, they've come to tolerate each other pretty well at peanut time.
(DIR) Post #AneHoFL5uEVsma5Uh6 by jstevenyork@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T00:23:35Z
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@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AneIhnoxPClVeWXyO8 by depereo@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T00:33:41Z
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@futurebird ....oh my god
(DIR) Post #AneIjF1RkydcJ24hiC by CatDragon@mastodon.world
2024-11-03T00:33:58Z
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@futurebird I love the jays for their color and attitude, I love the crows because they’re smart.
(DIR) Post #AneJMFI2hAe8QiR6HY by CStamp@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T00:41:00Z
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@futurebird @schratze "Crows are members of the avian order Passeriformes, which comprises the songbirds or perching birds, such as robins, cardinals, and sparrows. American crows differ in more ways from these familiar songbirds than by their lack of a song. One of the most marked differences is in their family life."https://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/bbbworld.htm
(DIR) Post #AneJdJW8EQYsSnAI88 by Sahkshi@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T00:44:06Z
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I used to take walks with my kitty. She never went after any birds but, boy, did the blue jays dive-bomb her. They were fearless.@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AneKFop8Hd4eYxPfe4 by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2024-11-03T00:51:01Z
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@futurebird Well, I would argue. They are then crows, much noiser and much more obnoxious cousins.
(DIR) Post #AneLKRCJeTamgq1VAW by RoguishDavid@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T01:03:04Z
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@futurebird Used to have a bluejay that would start screeching like a maniac at the first photon on dawn right outside my open window. Every, Single. Morning. It drove me nuts, and then one day I shot it with a slingshot. I felt kinda bad about it, but I got over it after a good night's rest.
(DIR) Post #AneNXqxLOS3EFeXqhk by paulc@mstdn.social
2024-11-03T01:27:55Z
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@futurebird Growing up I had a cat that threatened a blue jay baby. Those birds kept the cat pinned under a car for an hour. I think someone had to rescue my cat.
(DIR) Post #AneQI2PVL4nR0Nrowa by Moral_Gutpunch@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T01:58:39Z
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@futurebird This explains why jays complain at me when I don't have the right munchies for them on time. I know what 'where are the good peanuts? These suck!' is in Jay.
(DIR) Post #AneQlhiuoi1bX85n16 by thejikz@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T02:04:01Z
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@futurebird I am excited to know this. I identify with a white crow as a point of reference to my personality and nature to those who closely know me, and I somehow remain chaotic goodish. (Especially when they like to hear short stories and have shiny things to trade...) Anyways. This dimension of bluejays is just a very glimmery thing to hear and I may need to make time for a rabbit hole on the subject.Thank you.
(DIR) Post #AneQpX42OEk3dGnVLM by jawarajabbi@mastodon.online
2024-11-03T02:04:43Z
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@futurebird Oh my God. Mind blown. Yes I absolutely loathed those vicious little blue jays. Sadly I don't see as many anymore. This climate disaster is not going to be fun.
(DIR) Post #AneS6rUfmoEls35DeK by kataclyst@spore.social
2024-11-03T02:19:03Z
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@futurebird I love them.
(DIR) Post #AneWHLMdz0BRE0a66K by Grant_M@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T03:05:46Z
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@futurebird Birds are just new age meat eating dinosaurs, after all! :)
(DIR) Post #AneXxDcbGBTxKPZm4G by spacegeck@astrodon.social
2024-11-03T03:24:32Z
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@futurebird I saw one up to no good on my back porch as a kid. Knew it was thinking evil thoughts. As soon as it poked its head in the bird house and pulled a baby sparrow out, I opened the door and spooked it. Figured the little one was a goner, but I found it had somehow landed undamaged in the grass, brought it back to the house, and it hopped right back in its hole. Always be suspicious of blue jays...
(DIR) Post #AneYmYvnn57oBi2YPQ by notsoloud@expressional.social
2024-11-03T03:31:33Z
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@sollat"a song of sorts, a softer twitter that is given between courting partners"👆 This should be Mastodon's new tagline@schratze @futurebird
(DIR) Post #Aneb82EQFPx33D7H5E by eleanor@chaosfem.tw
2024-11-03T04:00:07Z
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@futurebird I love corvids so much, and the blue jays especially are always just all personality all the time.The blue jays we get where I am are pinyon jays. I watched one this morning while it was trying multiple approaches to cracking something open (I couldn't tell what) by banging it against all the different surfaces it could find.Their sounds are always the loudest and most raucous, but I love hearing them and when I do, I always try and look to see what they are up to, because it's always interesting.
(DIR) Post #AnecD9ItTsvCO2D6FE by msh@coales.co
2024-11-03T04:12:06Z
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@futurebird the magpies, crows and jays are like rival Bird Gangs that rule over the neighbourhood fauna here. Total bullies but delightfully fun to watch.
(DIR) Post #AnecTAG3hVg1ynWMBk by msh@coales.co
2024-11-03T04:15:07Z
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@futurebird @DavidM_yeg Lookit that Resting Bird FaceWhat a beautiful jerk :blobglare:
(DIR) Post #AnerI8upqkR7wYnQzw by SteveBologna@mstdn.social
2024-11-03T07:01:13Z
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@futurebird I love corvid
(DIR) Post #Anf1Mk3ehGD1q1kmci by basil@sarcasm.stream
2024-11-03T08:52:22Z
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@futurebird We don't have bluejays here, but we do have Eurasian Jays visiting our garden.
(DIR) Post #AnfQO1Av2Stk4Nr9RA by dan613@ottawa.place
2024-11-03T13:34:27Z
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@futurebird One day I'd like to see Grey Jays, now again to be known as Canada Jays. They look adorable, but I have no idea what their personalities are like. Tiny beaks for a corvid, though. They are probably hanging out too far north for either of us to see them. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/gray-jays-get-their-old-name-back-hello-canada-jay/
(DIR) Post #AnfULo6v2bRgmwBdPE by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-11-03T14:18:15Z
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@dan613 @futurebird in high elevation areas of the western USA, they can be seen scavenging snacks from campgrounds. In Alberta and BC they can be found at much more moderate elevations. They're more cautious than other corvids, perhaps because they're so small, but they're very interesting and clever.
(DIR) Post #AnfV9mPTdd4FzchCRU by greensofshade@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T14:27:53Z
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@futurebird i just learned about Anting (jays do that) and now I'm even more fascinated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anting_(behavior)
(DIR) Post #AnfVLmWH3YZno9b8KW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-03T14:30:06Z
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@greensofshade Very offensive. :(
(DIR) Post #AnfjPR0IONOxavHC2C by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-03T17:07:37Z
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@ironcladlou @schratze When I was a bike messenger there was a guy who worked for the same dispatch who could make the "whooop" sound of a NYPD car asking a motorist to pull over with his mouth. He did something very similar when he'd see motorists making illegal turns and it was VERY amusing.
(DIR) Post #Anfjp6BIQsXsXlewZE by schratze@todon.nl
2024-11-03T17:12:14Z
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@futurebird @ironcladlou lmao, a human bluejay
(DIR) Post #Anfkjj29AQOxG7NiFs by log@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-11-03T17:22:18Z
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@futurebird @ironcladlou @schratze KRS-Two was not quite as well known for his "sound of da police" whoops.
(DIR) Post #Anfmb64yJZqg2GiTFA by Moss@beige.party
2024-11-03T17:43:20Z
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@futurebird @ironcladlou @schratze Was his name Michael Winslow?
(DIR) Post #AnfqdRv4U2pWATSjo0 by christymarx@beige.party
2024-11-03T18:23:47Z
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@ironcladlou @futurebird @schratze We have a Steller jay that makes the hawk sound! So funny to know that other jays do it. He also seems to do it to clear competition away from the bird feeder and places where my husband puts out peanuts.
(DIR) Post #AnfwOnlvYODtK7aHZo by greensofshade@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T19:33:10Z
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@futurebird wasn't expecting this response 🤔
(DIR) Post #AnfwX1KF2v6tfwYNEG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-03T19:34:40Z
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@greensofshade Well this is offensive to the poor ants! They didn't ask to be used... like ... like soap! Can you imagine if I used you like a de-liceing power! How disrespectful. My girls are very upset about this kind of thing and I agree it's a horrible thing to do.
(DIR) Post #AnfwjNy6ga8tNP61iK by leroimiracle@piaille.fr
2024-11-03T19:36:53Z
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@futurebird 🤭 @greensofshade
(DIR) Post #Anfwq2ggCsbFOx7ROC by greensofshade@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T19:37:58Z
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@futurebird ok, i don't think so since Ants themselves to take advantage of other beings, and even use greenflies as cows.But maybe they even get the parasites as food.
(DIR) Post #Anfx0kIAwLXHXElFNg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-03T19:40:02Z
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@greensofshade They just end up using all their formic acid on some bird who won't even go away. And Ants are very humane shepherds to their little flocks. Or at least that what I assume. Though... IDK maybe I've seen them munching on an aphid instead of just milking it... but I assume there was a good reason for that.
(DIR) Post #AnfxNSM5nLHIZ7QFxw by greensofshade@mastodon.social
2024-11-03T19:44:07Z
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@futurebird but plantflies are the bad guys, they ate all my crops because the ants killed the lady bugs in cold blood