Speaking of birds defending their territory, our two baby Jays who have been coming for peanuts every morning for at least 10 months have grown up and lately are too busy defending their territory to come by anymore. They are still around though. I hear them squawking in the park behind us and see them anxiously flying from tree to tree. I can hear an interloper Jay on the outskirts of the park that is keeping my Jays all worked up.
I hope that eventually they will start coming by for their peanuts again. I have gotten quite attached to them. I've even named them; Precocious and Pretentious. And I can tell them apart by their behavior, even though they look identical.
Here is one of their baby pictures that I posted last summer.....
