Rant: Everyone loves cardinals, but this week a blue jay stole the show in my yard.

It spent three whole days dive-bombing my suet feeder, scaring off every other bird, and honestly, I kind of admired its boldness. Has anyone else had a single bird just take over like that?

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the_hannah1mo agoTop Commenter

Blue jays are just bullies with feathers. That kind of behavior ruins the feeder for everyone else and stresses out the smaller birds. It's not boldness, it's just being a jerk. I'd be trying to figure out how to run it off.

kai6021mo ago

Totally saw one chase off three finches yesterday.

the_emma13d ago

Honestly I totally get that, @the_hannah, but I had a mockingbird do the same thing last spring and it was honestly kind of impressive how long it kept up the act.