On Sunday, June 3, 2001 at 1:02:21 AM UTC-4, EM wrote:

JJCardinal wrote:

I've been watching the blue jays wolf down the seeds I've put on my
deck. It looks like they just gulp down the entire seed, shell and all.

Joe, Blue Jays cache food almost as much a squirrels do! Those gulps are the
Jays stuffing their crops full so they can fly off and stash the seeds somewhere else.

Almost right. Actually, they stuff those seeds in their throat pouch,
not their crop. They can store quite a few seeds in there. When full,
they look as if they have a huge goiter!

So yes Joe, blue jays do indeed eat sunflower seeds. They crack them
much in the same manner as chickadees do, only they swallow the meat
whole (unlike chickadees, who peck away small bites).

like many birds Blue Jays don't feel safe feeding. They take as many seeds as they can and take them to a place were they feel safe and then eat them.
They crack them open and eat the seed.

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