From the kitchen window I could see a Western Scrub-Jay land on the top of a sunflower. Then it would bend over, grab a kernel and fly off to a tree branch to open and eat the sunflower kernel. After watching this cycle a few times I grabbed a camera with a telephoto lens but was unsuccessful taking a picture. Although the Western Scrub-Jays are somewhat comfortable with me around, that wasn't the case with this bird. So I set up the BirdCam and got these pictures.
On the left side of this picture you can partially see the Western Scrub-Jay. This is the branch it would fly to and eat the kernel of the sunflower.
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Nice! I'm looking to upgrade to a nicer camera -- maybe one I can use for such shots. I'll have to figure out how to get sunflowers into my apartment complex's landscape, too! :)
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