There's nothing quite like being proved wrong. I said we wouldn't see the Jay in the garden again, so what happens? It comes back today. Not once, but twice - at least twice when we were in the Kitchen, so who knows how many times it came back in total.
In true Jay fashion, it is very wary, so sliding along the floor on my stomach to get the camera, and then lying on the floor inside the back door was the only way to get photos. Does that mean I've totally lost the plot?
A big bird indeed, but incredibly agile. It was no effort for it to hop in and out of the sheep netting which supposedly protects the bird table from larger birds.
We have also had constant visits from Woodpeckers today. In fact, we have come to the conclusion that there must be more than one pair visiting us, as they fly off in opposite directions. This is one of the males, pausing between mouthfuls no doubt
And talking about pausing. A lovely little Swallow decided to have a stop off on our fence post this afternoon. It was there long enough for me to walk back inside, get the camera, bring it out, past the post it was perched on, to get this shot. Apparently not even batting an eyelid. Shortly after, it just hopped off, into the sky.
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