Introducing Bradley the Blue Jay, the seventh bird for my North American Series of the LEGO Bird Project on CUUSOO
Blue jays are natural forest dwellers, but they are also highly adaptable and intelligent birds. They are a familiar and noisy presence around many North American bird feeders. The blue jay's "Jay! Jay!" call is only one of a wide variety of sounds the bird employs—including excellent imitations of several hawk calls.
Blue jays are sometimes known to eat eggs or nestlings, and it is this practice that has tarnished their reputation. In fact, they are largely vegetarian birds. Most of their diet is composed of acorns, nuts, and seeds—though they also eat small creatures such as caterpillars, grasshoppers, and beetles. Blue jays sometimes store acorns in the ground and may fail to retrieve them, thus aiding the spread of forests.
Common in much of eastern and central North America, blue jays are gradually extending their range to the Northwest. They are fairly social and are typically found in pairs or in family groups or small flocks. Most northern birds head south for the winter and join in large flocks of up to 250 birds to make the long journey. However, this migration is a bit of a mystery to scientists. Some birds winter in all parts of the blue jay's range, and some individual birds may migrate one year and not the next. It is unclear what factors determine whether each blue jay or family decides to migrate.
Quoting The color coated nazgul Fuller
Oops! Sorry. I wish there was a way to like all your birds! Is there a way to show the tequneqe you use? :-)
Hey there, thanks for the likeys! Once I have finished the project I will start to show my secrets, giving a breakdown of the different tecniques I use. Maybe you can try your hand at building a bird, I would really like to see that!
I think this is one of the most beautiful bird in your series.
I like it
September 8, 2012
Tom, love the coloring, it really makes him "pop"! Very cool Broseph! Z
I like it
September 8, 2012
I want to add a quick suggestion Tom, I think it's time you spruced up the names of these classic birds, like instead of Bradley the Blue Jy, how about B-Diddy the Blue Jay, or B to the Radley the Blue Jay... just a suggestion... =D
Quoting DeTomaso Pantera You might change your opinion when I start building birds from New Zealand (which is very soon)
I don't think he'll like that either. He seems to want to deny any Kiwi heritage. He's all about the Aussies. He's a hybrid, but he must have a grudge against New Zealand or something because he won't stop talking about how awesome Australia is and then how New Zealand is just meh... The kid's wak.
Quoting The Timinater !
look, they're brilliant builds, but I'm just starting to get sick of them, sorry. Also, I don't see why you have them on Cusoo- they wouldn't make good sets... IMO.
I thought some people might get bored of them but you know what? I don't care, you are entitled to your opinion Tim but the important thing is I enjoy building them and will carry on doing so until I want to move on to something else. You might change your opinion when I start building birds from New Zealand (which is very soon) ;-) In regards to your CUUSOO remark, so far nearly 3,500 people would disagree with you lol
Up in new england, most people dislike blue jays. Sure they kill hatchlings, and eggs.
They dont stop there though, once a blue jay was eating at my feeder, and another smaller bird flew and landed next to it, so the blue jay snapped its neck with its beak. That was just what I needed to see when I was eating breakfast. Apperently they do these things not because they like to, but because next year there wont be as much competition.
Because of this that you wrote, "...blue jays are gradually extending their range to the Northwest", we do see an occasional one every several years. But, mostly we see, as I have stated before, Bradley's cousins the Scrub Jays! And we see them all the time! I wish I saw Bradley's kind more often. Another great one! :)
This is definitely one of your best (if not your best) small bird so far. I really like the head, the shaping on his body, and the colors on the tail. Oops that's the whole bird! ;-) I believe we have these flying around our house, but I'm not 100% sure ... I'll have to ask LB Sr. A properly brilliant MOC. 5/5 -LB Jr.