This guy was trying to eat a grasshopper. I support that since the grasshoppers have eaten half my garden. But he was just picking at it while it was alive. That was kinda gross not to mention the possibility that it was a Jay that ate a baby dove out of the nest on my porch 3 years ago. So, as pretty as they are, I think they are vicious. I watched this dance go on for a while, with the bird grabbing the insect and it jumping away. Finally, the bird took it up to a branch and started pulling it's nasty insect flesh off. The grasshopper fell straight down into this rubbish bin. The bird was very unsure about diving in to get it, so he sat on the edge and barked loudly. Finally, I went to see if the insect was alive (it was) and the bird flew off, I assume thinking it had lost it's meal to a much larger competitor.
That was Saturday. Today I checked back and the hopper is dead. So I pulled it out for a possible snack for the Jay. Unless he only eats wiggly things.
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