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I’m not sure what this Jay was up to, sitting still on the grass fairly close to a busy path. Its wing weren’t spread so it wasn’t sunning itself or anting, and it didn’t seem to be distressed so I don’t think it had been attacked by anything. It also didn’t look like a particularly young bird, but maybe it was and was just waiting for its parents to feed it. Whatever the truth of the matter, it had gone by the time I walked back this way a couple of hours later.
There’s a v slight hint of a juvey’s gape there [pale-ish bit at the base of the bill edge, so maybe it was an imm bird although plumage looks pretty much full ad. Unless it had got stunned by something, which would seem unlikely if it was in an open area.
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Thanks for the hint on what to look for in a juvenile, John. It was in an open area between trees, not near a building, so I think just an almost-grown bird.
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Curious!
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