Blue Jays can be more territorial then a dog in my opinion. I once had the misfortune of witnessing them destroying a Robins nest, I guess because they wanted that tree. They flew to the ground and actually kept tossing the baby robins back and forth to each other, and then would pick them up a few feet and drop them and then the other one would start tossing it around again, as if it were a game, all the time letting out the same mean call to each other. Meanwhile, the male robin was trying to get them off of his babies and the female robin couldn't stop screaming out her panic call and trying to run to each baby as the Blue Jays flung them around. It was horrible to see.
A neighbor and I went out and with brooms and chased the Blue Jays away. The saddest part was the Robins would not let us clean up the mess, so we left them for a while. Both the Robins kept making this soft sad pathetic call while walking back and forth to each of their young as if mourning their loss and would try to push the young as if to wake them up.They kept doing that for almost an hour before they finally left. We had tears in our eyes and could actually feel their pain. Their was no doubt in our minds that they were mourning their loss. It was incredibly sad, and I lost some respect for Blue Jays in general. Nature can sure be cruel sometimes. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: Liz Bickel & Irv Weinberg Date: 5/4/2011 4:38:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Small Hawk Attacks dog Although the blue jays here have never paid any attention to the Chihuahuas, a pair did attack my husband who was out mowing the lawn at our last home. Hubby must have unknowingly gone near their nest. Bomb diving in a team while non stop relentlessly pecking him on the head, they chased a full grown man into the house. Those blue jays were quite violent for little birds. Who would have thought? They even drew blood. Liz So true! The first time I saw blue jays roll my cat in our backyard, she and I were both so stunned by the reaction of the jays protecting their nest
