A garden diary
Are blue jays (Cyanocitta cristata) getting a bad rap. It could be. According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology, blue jays are known to take and eat eggs and nestlings of other birds. Indeed, Birds of New Jersey makes a special note of this behavior in…
November dark days. Today, November 23, sunrise was a little before 7 a.m., with the sky getting light around 6:30. Sunset will be around 4:30, with darkness encroaching any time after 4 p.m. So, 9 hours of daylight, and 15 hours of darkness. It…
Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata). Once again, I have January photos with no snow although I am writing this post in February on an extremely cold and snowy night. I saw one blue jay the other morning eating sunflower seeds on the ground under the…
