Jay

ted1 · 2020-11-05 21:39:13

Spotted a bird out the back I’d never seen before looked like a brown magpie, looked it up and it’s actually a Jay, considering I’ve never seen one before hie rare are these ? I’m in killiney, Dublin Would they attack other birds? Spotted a lot of feathers out the neighbours back around the same time. Looked like some sort…

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Spotted a bird out the back I’d never seen before looked like a brown magpie, looked it up and it’s actually a Jay, considering I’ve never seen one before hie rare are these ? I’m in killiney, Dublin

Would they attack other birds? Spotted a lot of feathers out the neighbours back around the same time. Looked like some sort of attack

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they're usually shy woodland birds. this time of year they'd be storing acorns - from a quick google, they're omnivores, but would really only prey on small rodents and baby birds.

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Kiliney Hill has them, as mentioned, not easy to see and very shy.

The feathers in your neighbors back are probably a sparrowhawk job.

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