Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Home Patch: The Return of the Jay


I was just about to come upstairs when a Jay caught my eye. I haven't seen one in the garden since May, which is when this photograph was taken. The Jay above was presumably retrieving a late autumn acorn from its cache. I tried to take a new picture today, but the bird was too quick for me. I presume it was about to deposit an acorn this time for the new treasure store.

I watched a Grey Heron soar past the window a couple of days ago. It must be time to update my Home Patch tally, now that we have been in our Suffolk home for six months. 


3 comments:

Adam Tilt said...

Funnily enough we have just had our first ever Jay in our own garden. Do you think there are more about recently as that's certainly the impression I get?

Caroline Gill said...

I'm not sure there are more over here, Adam, but we certainly felt there were a lot about in the Hendrefoilan area before we moved east. Jays and Magpies.

Crafty Green Poet said...

I rarely see jays, they're very beautiful birds