There is just no denying it : The Stellar's Jay is a beautiful bird; the Stellar's Jay is a bully!
Arriving at the feeder with a raucous screeching announcement, they promptly chase away every other bird and proceed stuffing their cheeks with seeds. And they are not choosey either. Any seeds will do. Bad mannered too huh?
But oh so pretty, when the sun catches those blue feathers, the bird looks like a gem, a costly Lapis Lazuli stone. And as a besides-the-point : The Stellar's Jay is the provincial bird of British Columbia. Not a bad distinction for a 'bully' is it?
Kidding aside, some days we do feel like chasing them a milion miles away, yet the other day when a hawk cornered one on the deck, hubby lost no time in coming to it's rescue...isn't it a quirk in the English language that a heart can be both big and small, at the same time, and mean very much the same thing in the end? Gotta love English....
I made another LO for our "Critters At Our House" album : this time featuring our favourite bullies! LOL for my LO I chose Gypsy Couture's Carefree Days Kit
Gypsy Couture is having a sale this weekend at her Digichick store:
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Thanks for dropping by!
16 comments:
Ah, my husband is a bird watcher, and he is not fond of jays of any kind! We get pileated woodpeckers in our yard sometimes--very bizarre to watch, as they are huge and almost seem prehistoric in the way they move their heads.
Love the quickpage!
Wow, very nice freebie, THANKS!
I love the jays...and you got some great pics! Thanks for the gorgeous quickpage!
Great freebie; and I love the layout with the jays; left you some comments at SBE gallery. Nice little place you've got here!
Jan (magpie) we get them too, they are most entertainig to watch...but they sure rock the suet feeder! LOL
great photos -- and love your kits!
I have never seen jays the color of those. People shoot at jays around here so we seldom get them in the holler. Thank you so much for the lovely qp!
Yum Festival on your blog!! Love your layout with the JayBird!! Thanks heaps for the gorgeous quickpage!!
Thank you for the beautiful page!
OH thanks so much!
great freebie and stuffs :)
Geeze lookie how creative you are! This stuff boggles my brain lol. Love the pages, they are so refreshing after looking at all that artwork lol. A totally different kind of outlet for you! Way to go girl, creativity is good in any form!
oh.. and we need a cattle prod for Norma? Let's give her till the end of April.. then she's fair game!
Stunning photos and thank you so much for the page.
thank you for this beautiful QP
Hi, Meisie!!! Lovely photos.. our jays are different...kewl birds you have!! Thanks for the kewl QP2!
Hi Meisie! I know I'm really late but I only discovered you and LisaMarie very recently but already I'm so in love :) Any possibility of your putting up that gorgeous "Kiss of Spring" QP for sale? Your LO is awesome, especially the way you positioned that little bird on top of everything - it's delightful! If you can't, no worries, just want to say how I've enjoyed all the freebies you've given so gnerously :)
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