Peanuts and Blues

It’s getting a bit more difficult to photograph bird when the weather temperatures is so hot and humid that anyone can hardly stay for a few minutes outdoors. Besides, birds are having a hard time to hang out by the feeders too long because it may prove to be lethal. They could collapse for reasons of a heat stroke.

I’ve noticed that birds of the Blackbird family and especially from the Corvidae family such as Crows and Blue Jays are more tolerant of the high temperatures and act more calm and comfortable outside. The smaller birds just spend a couple of minutes at the feeders and return to the shaded area of trees or bushes.

For this post I am featuring the handsome bird Blue Jay once again, these birds are familiarizing with my backyard, feeling more confident and returning more often to the feeders and pick their favorite peanuts!

10 thoughts on “Peanuts and Blues”

susanpoozan on July 23, 2015 at 1:57 pm said:

Sorry your weather is so intolerable, how did people manage before air conditioning?

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- avian101 on July 23, 2015 at 2:16 pm said:
  
  Before the AC the homes had the famous ceiling fans and the table fans, homes had high ceilings and large windows with screens and wooden blinds. All depends on the region you live. USA is very large and has totally different geographic environments than the UK in this case England. Thanks Susan! 🙂
  
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forgottenmeadows on July 23, 2015 at 5:02 pm said:

beautiful birds those blue jays…stay cool and hope the birds find some cool wind/shade too 🙂

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- avian101 on July 23, 2015 at 5:29 pm said:
  
  Thank you Neha I will stay cool! 🙂
  
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tootlepedal on July 23, 2015 at 6:17 pm said:

Beautiful birds matched by really good pictures of them.

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- avian101 on July 23, 2015 at 8:23 pm said:
  
  Thank you Tom! 🙂
  
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Tiny on July 23, 2015 at 11:07 pm said:

Lovely Blue Jays, H.J.! I’ve also noticed the same thing. Very few birds (waders and shore birds) are out and a about at daytime here. Many eat in the morning and late in the evening and spend the rest of the day deep in the bushes.

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- avian101 on July 23, 2015 at 11:16 pm said:
  
  Thanks for sharing Tiny! 🙂
  
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Backyardfriends on July 27, 2015 at 5:02 pm said:

Those two look like double trouble! But they sure are pretty!

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- avian101 on July 27, 2015 at 11:05 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much! 🙂
  
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