I left peanuts for a squirrel living in my tree, but instead one of these sassy scrub jays came and helped herself. Now we have a daily ritual. They sit next to my window and screech until I come out with delicious unsalted peanuts, and come back for lunch later in the day.

I've had wild ones land on my lap while hiking. They are so curious and bold!

Thanks so much for this information! We have Western scrub jays and blue jays in Colorado living in and around our scrub oaks. Love these birds! Beautiful video - pictures are so clear and beautiful.

I am in Seattle and these beautiful creatures come to see me every day. I feed them walnuts so I'm sure that's why I hear them calling all day 🤣 thanks for this video ❤

These birds are fascinating and I have witnessed them in the CA bay area working almost like a wolf pac. This was probably the first critter that showed me very young that animals talk and that it's possible to understand the language of an animal.. Sadly many people never grasp this idea. As a kid I was enamored by this sleek-headed squawker as his kind was the only bird who had a set big enough to swoop down on the dog's food bowl and scarf his food right in front of him. Nobody else plays those kind of games (nobody but the raccoons) If these birds were 50 peound

I wasn't expecting a clip from one of my videos in this, haha. A very good summary of the jays. We recently released three siblings after being raised by humans and they are doing really well in the wild so far

I live in the Pacific Northwest and we have what look to be the Florida scrubjays... I absolutely adore them. So cute and funny and smart.

Cool family of birds! Nice to learn about the cooperative varieties! Thanks!!

Very beautiful and informative video! Thank you for sharing. I love watching the Scrub-Jays at our feeders and birdbath. Surprisingly, they will eat not only peanuts and suet, but also the jelly that we are putting out for the Orioles.

2:12 Short-lived, huh? That's sad for such a beautiful bird. (Then again, I find most birds to be beautiful.) I found it very interesting that they are cooperative. All children should help with their younger siblings, don't you think?

I currently have a scrub jay fledgling that's been added to my family of non-releaseable rehabs. This guy was caught by a cat-not once, but TWICE. The first time he escaped but was bitten on the wrist of his left wing and infected with Pasteurella. The second time he wasn't able to escape and the cat brought him indoors. Their owner immediately brought him to me, as I'm known in my area for rehabbing and have multiple other rehabs including two more non-releasables-an opossum with seizures and a kingsnake that lost its sight from an infection. (Technically the kingsnake could survive in the wild as they can hunt by scent, however kingsnakes typically use their eyes just as much as their noses for targeting and it was decided that he would have an unfair disadvantage in the wild, especially versus predators.) It's estimated the jay went about three or four days before he turned septic due to the necrosis caused by the bacterial infection, and the sepsis caused weakness which is how he was caught by the second cat. He had to have emergency surgery to remove the first knuckle of his left wing due to how bad the necrosis was (the bone was already visible and was also infected so there was no saving it) and he isn't expected to ever be able to fly any more than a short glide. He's currently on Baytril twice daily as he had a bad reaction to the Amoxicillin and he's doing just fine now. His wing is dressed every morning and night and being able to interact with him one-on-one is a nice change of pace. Typically the only times the birds see us is during feeding and even then we keep contact to a minimum because it's safest if they're generally distrusting of humans once released (it also keeps them from becoming dependent on humans). It's one thing to admire these birds in the garden but actually interacting with one as it grows and getting to see their intelligence firsthand is amazing. The only downside is the screeches. I'm strange in that I love the harsh calls of the adults but a hungry baby screaming to be fed in the morning is like nails on a chalkboard!

I love scrub jays. Since I was a child. I have at least 4 living on my property. I feed them everyday. I love watching them. They are a very beautiful 🐦. I have hummingbirds, doves, mockingbirds, white crowned sparrows. Occasionally a falcon and some red tail hawks. I also have owls living inside my palm tree. I live out in the country of Bakersfield Ca.

I'm very fortunate that a family of scrub jays have chosen to move in as neighbors, I got a huge scrub in the drive way and plenty of small fruits in the backyard. Unfortunately, I also have a full list of their predators as frequent guests to my house, from rodents all the way to vicious hawks. I've seen a young hawk having lunch in my backyard and the meal is a pigeon that's bigger than the hawk! To be fair, the hawk is the more endangered bird here, but I really hope the jays can avoid being on their menu.

I have the same family getting larger and caring for each other and I'm in California. Mom is at least 5 years old now. I have them trained to come to a perch. they never screech at me and wait patiently for me to notice them. they only screech at each other. Only one time, the mom came to the edge of my open sliding glass door, spread her wings out and turned her head to the side, flattened right out and prone. I walked over and she didn't move. Like she was bowing down to me. Anyone have that happen? I got down at her height inside the house and did the same thing. We were both just lying there head to head. These birds do not eat out of my hand, but will wait for me to drop the peanut or go without. they also never enter my home.

Love them!!!

There’s a bachelor scrub jay who lives in a park in San Francisco He spends his day caching acorns He flies to the top of the light pole, surveys the area then makes a dash for his secret hiding spot

I'm in Granger Washington and I have a few here, I feed them peanuts, and if they run out, since the shelf is outside my kitchen window, they will knock on my window! intelligent birds ❤

poor birds...i love all the birdys! 🐦🐦🐦🐦

They are in my backyard everyday. I turn on the sprinklers and they jump through the water.

I feed a pair of scrub jays unsalted peanuts from my apartment window ledge.They just fly in sit pick the one they want and fly off.It's my office so i sit maybe 5 feet away and they don't seem to be bothered by me but then again i am no harm to them, they brighten my days😍

I always get these confused with blue Jays

I have a pair of scrubs that come get peanuts from me. They are so cute and intelligent

They're beautiful but loud and annoying and they bully the other smaller birds. I live in Southern California and I just recently noticed I haven't seen one in some months so I wanted to know if they were migratory

We have a family of Woodhouse's scrub jay living in a lilac bush on the other side of our driveway. They've been there for years. They're always raiding the compost heap, and we saw one stash something in my dad's bike helmet.

Gotta love my backyard corvid friends.

Theres also california scrub jays, which you put as western scrub jay however the western was split into california scrub jay and woodhouses scrub jay. The difference is california scrub jays are coastal and woodhouses are more on the inside

I had only one question to the nice lady in Port Charlotte Florida......as I called from Wayne NJ

looking at these comments, im glad im not the only one who feeds the scrub jays by my house 😅

I'm surprised people are commenting they love this bird. They are pretty enough, but I have one or maybe multiple coming to my house everyday driving me nuts with their sounds! Their sounds are like nails on a chalkboard to me and I want them to STFU or go away.

YAAAAAAAAS! Though now I wonder which came first, the scrub jay or the scrub oak? Hmm...

only real predator in my yard is a stray house cat, that I keep chasing out of my yard, tempted to catch it and take it to the pound. I am not a fan of house cats because they are responsible for a few bird extinctions.

Western scrub jays like almonds and hemp harts.

Most people including me just called them blue jays. Seldom do I hear anyone say scrub jay.

A perfectly B+ Bird. Good enough to represent Florida's D- state.

do the t=Towhee please!

Some humans should learn from these birds in many ways! Actually there are no “blue” birds, because the color is created with special nanostructures of the feathers!

Do a giordius aquaticus facts

Did I hear squirrel? Does this mean that squirells intentionally kill jays for food?

Squirrels are predators of scrub jays?