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Up in the misty mountains west of SF, many different species of wonderful native birds thrive. Corvids of all shapes and sizes too, ravens, crows, and the colorful personalitied Steller's Jay. I had the luck to be spending my time in a somewhat remote cabin during the summer, and got to see many beautiful sights.

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GryphθΔ 2y ago

The most glorious of all, though, was one bird that lived near me, named (by me) Blue Guy. Probably male based of coloration, size, and attitude, I saw him flying around every day. Digging through the leaves for grubs, scavenging any sorts of food left around, and generally being a nuisance. After realizing it was the same bird every day, I started leaving out food for him. And let me tell you: he LOVED the food I left out for him.

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GryphθΔ 2y ago

He had personality. He always flew near the cabin, screeched an alarm call, waited a few minutes, then flapped to the food dish, usually giving another "I found food" call afterwards.

His crest mirrored his excitement. He had *opinions*. He always ate the walnuts first, then the pecans, then the peanuts. He wasn't very skittish, letting us get very close. Sometimes he would land right next to me, yell at me, then fly away when the food bowl was empty.

Here in the third photo, you can see just how much he wants those pecans, he's got two of them in his beak at once! A corvid (and some other species) behavior I call "stacking"

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