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This beautiful Blue Jay has been a faithful visitor to my backyards for years.
The Blue Jay is a year round resident here on P. E. I. They brighten up the environment with their blue feathers with white underneath and white chest. Although the Blue jay can be noisy, they are smart and can mimic other birds and also humans.
I’ve read a bit about spirit and token animals and with the Blue Jay being such a faithful visitor I would group the bird in with my spirit animals.
Blue Jay Spiritual Animal People usually love to talk a lot, so they may be very good at public speaking and politics. These people are also fearless and they are ready to defend their position. Even though they are kind and friendly, they may be also ferocious when they have to face their opponents.
I don’t know if any of that could apply to me. I’m not a chatterbox but I have done public speaking and see myself as a warrior.
I like that the Blue Jay is a symbol of truthfulness. That characteristic suits me as I am always looking for the truth- the whys, wheres and hows of life.
I thought the Blue Jay could be loud with his calls until the Grackles came by this spring and never stopped shrieking at anyone or anything they saw. Mostly they make a sound like a squeak of a rusty door but they have another loud repetitive shriek when trying to drive others away.
By the way the Blue Jay is holding his head , he is not impressed with the Grackle horning in on his food.
Two Grackles hung around until their babies were born, shrieked most of the time and then left.
This Grackle seems shorter than the rest - perhaps one of their babies.
#birding is fun. it’s a joy to see the birds and hear their songs
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6
All photos are mine unless otherwise sourced,