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Fledgling Eurasian Jay in the garden for a week

Lottielouise 01/07/2023 21:11

Hi community,

If you can please kindly provide any advice, I would be most grateful.

We have a fledgling jay in the garden since last weekend. It flys between the benches and garden shed but doesn’t leave the garden. We’ve had adult jays in the garden feeding from the bird feeder for a while, I don’t know if they are the parents but they don’t seem to take much notice of the fledging.

I have been putting out food in a bird feeder bowl specifically for the fledgling; crushed berries, nuts, seed and dry mealworms, it seemed to prefer the live meal worms I left for it In the week but I’m hoping it is still getting enough nutrients from the crushed mix?

Can someone please give any advice in terms of how much food to leave for it each day? Also, how long should it be staying in the garden for? It doesn’t look injured and as I mentioned, it’s available to fly? I’m just worried about it and thought by now it would have flown off...?

Many thanks

0 Linda257 01/07/2023 21:17

Duplicate post already been replied to

community.rspb.org.uk/.../fledging-jay

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0 Lottielouise 01/07/2023 21:28

Thanks Linda, I’m trying to find out how long it is likely to stay in the garden, it’s been here one week and doesn’t leave the garden. Many thanks for your help.
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0 Linda257 01/07/2023 21:44 in reply to Lottielouise

I would be delighted if it was in my garden that long lol..sorry I have no idea when it comes to Jays as I only have them visit now and again...hopefully someone may have an answer but I guess it will be hard to determine....a waiting game me thinks ;-)

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0 Lottielouise 01/07/2023 21:53

Hi Linda, thank you so much for responding : ) I love seeing it, such a pretty, clever bird, however it’s also stressing me out! I just want it to be ok and I feel it’s not normal being in the garden all the time, it spends a lot of time perched on the garden chairs, although I’m hoping it’s progress as it’s made it’s way to sitting on the top of the garden shed. When the adults come it opens and closes its mouth but they just ignore it : ( It’s fully covered in fur, quite fluffy. Yes, I think you are right, a waiting game, I was just keen to get an idea of how long and at what point should I be worried it hasn’t left... I know it’s nature, so no set rules, it’s just I read somewhere it should leave In a few days, another site said a few weeks. It can fly but it’s not totally proficient yet. Thank you for listening, I appreciate it
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0 Linda257 01/07/2023 22:10 in reply to Lottielouise

As always nature is best left to its own devices..human intervention usually just causes more problems....we all have our worries about our garden visitors and try not to become too attached to them...easier said than done in my case lol your doing all you can for now ...observe, enjoy and keep us updated ;-)

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0 Lottielouise 02/07/2023 00:07

Thank you Linda, I appreciate your words and I totally agree with you. I will keep you updated. Thank you
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