Photos: Baby Blue Jay

Baby blue jay, fresh out of the nest. Isn’t it funny how they put their feet flat on the ground, not even using their claws much, and then press their short little wings and tails into service as balancing props? And look how the yellow part of his little beak turns down in a sad little curve just under his eye, in the way of baby bird beaks everywhere. That's an expression guaranteed to make mama and papa birds all sympathetic and willing to feed their offspring.