When I looked into the back yard this morning, I found the baby Scrub Jay sitting quietly on an agave leaf. Mama Scrub Jay came to feed it, with some hard-boiled egg yolk I provided.
Nevertheless, when the entire family of Scrub Jays - three additional birds - came to pay a visit, they alighted just outside the yard's back gate. They enticed the baby to scramble over to the gate, duck through the chain link fence, and leave the yard. I could see from the way the bird stumbled that, indeed, it seemed to be injured.
A Scrub Jay family member looks for grubs in the driveway adjacent to the alley.
To me, the driveway looks like an unpromising place to dine, but Scrub Jays really seem to like it fine there.
I'd better go out into the alley and check on the baby bird. Even though the alley is generally pretty quiet, there is a black-and-white cat out there sometimes.
What's going on? There is a parade in the alley! The alley is full of people!
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