Blue Jay’s chirping attracts humans very much. There are four species of blue jays discovered till now.
11 Techniques On How To Attract Blue Jays
If you are a blue jay lover and want to have them in your backyard. There are 11 most used techniques which work on how to attract blue jays. Check out below.
1. Attract Blue Jays With Nuts:
Blue Jays love to eat nuts and grains. Blue jays have a long and strong beak, they can crack nuts to eat.
They like to have plain and roasted nuts. Most favorite nuts of blue jays are peanuts. The best way to attract blue jays to your yard is to have nuts in your yard.
Use Nuts To Attract Blue Jays
Blue jays like all types of fruits, nuts, grains, insects, and seeds. Blue jays are of small size so they like small size fruit (berries) and sunflower seeds. They do not like any hot and spicy food.
2. Plant Litters Are Good To Attract Blue Jays:
Plant litter is a dead material of plants like dead leaves. Blue jays hide their fruits, nuts, seeds, and insects under plant litter. They stock their food under plant litter for later use.
Blue jays do not have a very sharp memory, mostly they forget where they have hidden their food.
Use Plant Litter To Attract Blue Jays
Use plant litter in your backyard attract blue jays to hide their catch. They will hide their food in your backyard then they must visit again to fulfill their need.
3. Bird Feeder Attract Blue Jays:
Blue jays do not like the general hanging feeders. Hanging and swing feeders will not attract blue jays to your backyard.
Blue jays like ground feeder or that feeder which are pole-mounted.
Best offerings to blue jays in bird feeders are corn, nuts, fruits, and seeds. Blue jays specific feeders will attract blue jays.
Suet feeders are also very common to attract blue jays to your backyard.
Suet feeders will help to keep bird feeders busy.
Blue jays will keep vising your backyard feeder when they get their favorite food daily.
Blue jays are not small like hummingbirds. They are of average 10 inches long so at the time of buying feeder for blue jays keep this thing in mind.
Blue jays are very scared of predators. Blue jays build many nests. They move immediately when they detect a predator near them.
Blue jay males and females both participate in the process of nest making. Both of them gather things to build a nest.
Blue Jays use to build their nest in old trees which would be safer. They do not like birdhouses to live and to lay eggs.
If you want to attract blue jays in nesting periods then you must have safe and secure tress in your backyard. when blue jays find large and secure tress in your backyard, they will be attracted and visit your backyard.
You can also provide the material which they use for nest building like plant litters, sticks, and clippings. They will lay their eggs in your backyard and they will visit regularly.
5. Ideal Bird Feeder Spot:
Placing a bird feeder to attract blue jays is a very good decision but the location is also an important factor.
Blue jays are afraid of predators so the ideal place for blue jay birds feeder is near shrubbery or tree.
Blue jays are very shy to other creatures. They do not like to visit bird feeders are humans are around.
If you want to see this creature enjoying their meal so maintain some distance.If you sit near the feeder to enjoy their company, they will not visit.
Keep it in mind while selecting a location for a bird feeder that does not choose the place which directly interacts with the sun.
Blue Jays like to rest in shady places, not in heat. They visit all day in heat so when they reach bird feeders so they want some shade.
6. Arrange Weather Friendly Birdbath:
Water is a very important necessity for All living beings. Blue jays also need water to drink and take a bath.
After eating seeds and nuts, blue jays need to drink water.
If you want to attract blue jays to your backyard you may arrange a birdbath in your backyard.
Arranging a birdbath in your backyard will also attract other birds to visit your backyard along with blue jays.
Use Birdbath To Attract Blue Jays
Birds like to have a splash in water and bath themselves. Parent bird took their baby birds near birdbath to feed them water and bath them.
Always keep in your mind when you are having birdbath then make sure the temperature of the water is weather friendly.
In summer make sure water is fresh and cold and in winter make sure the water is hot.
If you are having a bigger birdbath then you will see a lot of birds will visit your backyard round the year.
Blue jays are very shy and cautious to eat and stay if other birds or humans are around.
In extreme cases, they can dive at predators like dogs, cats even at humans. If someone is around they feel discomfort.
Do not worry about their discomfort. They will not leave your backyard until there is an accident.
Make sure you do not stay very close to the bird feeder or their nest. They are very aggressive to protect their babies and territories.
Alert whenever you visit bird feeder because when newly fledged baby blue jays visit feeder their parents can dive on you if you are close enough.
8. Help Blue Jays In Mating Season:
Blue jays are loyal and mate for life. Both males and females collect the material for the building of the nest like twigs and sticks.
The mating season of Blue Jays starts from March and remains till July.
Make sure you provide this specific material for their nest-building in your backyard.
They have to visit different places to collect the material. They will attract to your backyard to collect this material which will save time.
Help Blue Jays In Mating Season
If they found their desired tress in your backyard, they can also build their nest in your backyard.
Also, arrange their food in this season so they will have to make less effort to feed their nestlings.
9. Attract Blue Jays With Plants:
Blue jays are keen on oak. if you want to attract blue jays to your backyard you should plant oak and beech trees.
You can also plant some trees and flowers which may be good for blue jays to fulfill their need.
Blue jays like beech nuts and acorns for their diet.
You should grow these beech trees and acorn trees in your yard.
You can also grow many plants and trees along with oak to beautify your yard and attract more blue jays.
10. Keep Squirrel Away:
Squirrel is a predator of birds. Make sure that when you are attracting birds to your backyard no predator is around.
You will be getting food for predators if you do not make sure that your backyard is predator-free.
Keep Your Backyard Predators Free
Squirrel is a predator and also eats from the bird feeders. You can choose bird feeder wisely which is predator-free and keep squirrel away.
At the time of buying bird feeder make sure you are buying bird feeder which contains baffle. The baffle will help to keep squirrels away.
In case, if the squirrel does not harm blue jays, the squirrel will eat their food.
If your backyard contains predators, birds will not visit your backyard again.
11. Do Not Use Chemical Pesticide:
Blue jays are very beautiful creatures. Despite being, they are also very useful to human beings.
Studies have shown that baby birds are fed with insects. Insects contain more proteins as compared to any other diet.
Blue jays have a balanced diet with seed, nuts, fruits, and insects.
They are natural predators for insects.
Blue jays will regularly visit your backyard if they find pests and insects in your backyard because of this part of their diet.
Blue Jays are Natural Predators
They eat the most common type of pests like grasshoppers.
It will also be your benefit along with blue jays that you do not need to use chemical pesticides.
Conclusion:
Blue jays are not very difficult to attract in your backyard. You should take care of blue jays and they will definitely visit your backyard again and again.
You can arrange bird feeder and birdbath, they will definitely come to visit. If they get their complete food daily then they will never leave your backyard. Keep your backyard predator-free and chemicals pesticide-free.
Help blue jays in building their nest and in mating season they will also help you by working as natural pesticides.
Don’t forget to share the technique which attracts you most.
I am a Blogger by profession. I have done a bachelor's in business administration. Birds are soul-comforting creatures, and I love to hear birds chirping, especially in the morning.
I am a Blogger by profession. I have done a bachelor's in business administration. Birds are soul-comforting creatures, and I love to hear birds chirping, especially in the morning.
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