We had a cat once that would sprawl out with her belly exposed just inside the sliding glass door and taunt bluejays into colliding with it.
Sweet poetic justice.
Jays are so nasty I've seen them fuck with crows. They do seem to know enough to avoid gulls if they're in the area, though.
In other random news, I am so out of the NBA loop. I keep seeing ads for games on TNT and not believing they are real teams. The Bobcats? The Thunder??
Charlotte got the Bobcats after NOLA got the Hornets after Utah got the Jazz. I think.
Michigan's state bird is the American robin!
Does any state claim the loon? I'd like to move there, I think.
Maybe a Canadian province?
Minnesota, according to Google.
The provincial birds of Canada, just for Abby: [link]
Missouri's state bird is the bluebird
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