Hand Feeding A Brown Thrasher Peanuts

Video: Hand Feeding A  Brown Thrasher Peanuts

A Brown Thrasher had secretly been watching from the heavy brush behind the Backyard as I was hand-feeding my Blue Jay friend 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAFE1SkiGt0

and suddenly appeared on the fence one day wanting a peanut too! At first I would throw the peanut on the ground and reward the Brown Thrasher for showing up, but it became a battle of quickness between the Blue Jay with the Thrasher losing by being reluctant to take a peanut. After a time the Brown Thrasher learned to wait for me by the fence and rapidly take a peanut. Not being one to hang around and socialize the normally stand-offish Thrasher quickly takes its peanut deep into the brush to crush and eat!

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Video: Hand Feeding A  Brown Thrasher Peanuts

Hand Feeding Blue Jays Peanuts- Backyard Land Sharks!

Video: Hand Feeding Blue Jays - Backyard Land Sharks! 

Succeeded in hand-feeding our rather large Blue Jays, but almost lost a few fingers in the process ;-) 

See Part One -    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWjtnfBjWQI

Gradually "trained" them to come out in the open to an open hand after bringing the peanuts close to cover initially.  I now have them coming to me to eat at a window in somewhat of an orderly fashion. They are not too concerned about how much skin they get with the peanut as they are not ones to dilly-dally in an open hand! Trust only goes so far. The ubiquitous Blue Jay is taken for granted, but up close and personal they are strong, athletic mini-predators that can take out a lizard, small snake - or a peanut in the blink of an eye and they are the watchdogs of the backyard!

See Part One -    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWjtnfBjWQI

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Video: Hand Feeding Blue Jays - Backyard Land Sharks! 

Blue Jay Trains Human To Hand Feed It A Peanut !

Video: Blue Jay Trains Human To Hand Feed It A Peanut !

Blue Jay Trains Human To Hand Feed It A Peanut !

The narrative on the video tells the story. I trained a Blue Jay to eat peanuts from my hand - not just any peanuts, but healthy roasted and unsalted ones that I should be eating myself. Of course it's always nice to gain the trust of a wild animal, it is good for their survival that they have a natural wariness. But then it occurred to me that I was the one that had been "trained" to give the Jay a tasty peanut - and on its conditions. I'm not falling for that anymore, it has to come to me! We'll see who wins this battle of willpower? These are huge Blue Jays, it just may be that the Jay is too big to land on my hand and bend and easily get a peanut.

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