Garrulus glandarius
November 6, 2002: Whinlatter Forest Park, Cumbria, England
While looking at the beautiful view from the overlook, I caught a glimpse of a bird – flashes of color – blue and pink. Somehow, I just knew it was a jay. However, it had landed somewhere and I couldn’t re-locate the bird right away. I looked in my book just to remind myself what I was looking for. Then, a few minutes later, it flew again. I didn’t get a long look, but enough to be certain that it was, indeed, a jay. On the way back from the nature centre, we stopped here again, and the bird (or perhaps another individual) was perched atop a branch, so I was able to view it for several minutes. It wasn’t too close, but still close enough. A beautiful bird!
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