Blue Jays and Scrub Jays are smarter than many people I run into. No joke. Smart, funny and they have real character.
I love those guys!
Jays are almost as smart their avian cousins, crows and magpies; and magpies are the smartest of all birds.
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I was sitting on the porch one morning having a cup of coffee and watched a Stellar Jay torment our cat. The Jay was sitting on the eave of the garage watching the cat prepare a hole to do his morning business. Just as the cat got it to perfection and turned around to use it the jay swooped down just out of reach and the cat leaped messing up his hole in the process. The jay landed on the bird feeder and went back to watching. Same thing, cat tidied the hole and got ready to use it and bird swoops past again. This happened five or six times before the cat finally quit leaping at the jay. It was a riot. They de3finatly have a sense of humor.
I found a baby (Scrub Jay) one wandering outside my house one night. I captured him (?) and penned him in a pet carrier one night. I finally let him go that night to his fate outside again, because he was injuring himself bloody trying to escape. Was going to call in to work and take him to wildlife rehab in the am.
Hope the little guy made it.