Quote Originally Posted by nvitalephotography


Yeah animal behavior is a very interesting thing, that's why I have made a career out of studying them.


However, Your bluejay story has one flaw. I'm pretty positive that the "wounded jay" is actually just a young blue jay, that either has not fledged yet or isn't very good at flying yet. Birds don't usually defend other adult birds, but they do defend their young with their life.



That is a young Bluejay on the ground. It either fell from the nest, or one of it's siblings kicked it out.


We found one last year that had fallen from the nest, it lived for a few weeks, and was even eating good. Unfortunately however, the fall caused internal injuries and it didn't survive.