I don't want the darned Jays.. they are so noisy and steal all the other birds babies. Mean, nasty birds, lol. I had them in flocks so big you couldn't hear yourself think.
In fact I just realized another thing. I haven't seen any Grackles this year either. They used to come in huge swarms and cover the whole yard back and front. One year when we were away it was windy and they covered the whole house in crap when they lit in the back tree off the deck. He said the sound of it all was unreal. What a mess! My son told me about it and it was all still there when we came home later in the year. He said all he could think of was the movie The Birds with Tippy Hendron.. 8(
Blue Jays and Grackles, meet West Nile...