Curious behavior from Mr. Jay: he often sits on the big bare limb that's above his other favorite perch, the shepherd's crook which holds the feeder. Here he waits for me to toss peanuts for him and his wife and often I see him peering in at me while I'm on the couch. Recently, as I responded to his request, walking over to the peanut bowl which sits on top of the piano next to the slider, I saw a blur of motion as he swooped very close to the glass. Yesterday, this occurred again and as I grabbed the slider latch, I saw him fly by and whip up to an adjacent eavestrough. Our eyes met for a moment, then he flew back to the branch as I opened the slider. I tossed the peanuts and he gave his usual reply: one call "thanks" followed by two calls to the missus: "Honey! Peanuts!"
