Monday, August 11, 2008

Molting Blue Jay



There were 4 Blue Jays in the back garden today so I threw out some peanuts for them. One of the jays didn't have many feathers on his head. He's a bit comical looking.

3 comments:

Table Mountains said...

i have been seeing the bluejays here with the flat top haircuts and i thought it might be this years jays. comical looking things.

A Scattering said...

I found this info on the moulting:
http://web.syr.edu/~bpburtt/Birds/Feb22-04.htm

Hope it helps

Country Girl said...

These are lovely. Yes, he's molting!