This jay was on the hunt for one of the acorns it must have buried back in the autumn. Whilst fairly common around the house (we're surrounded by oak trees, so plentiful source of food), they are shy and will quickly fly off with their squawky alarm call if they catch me trying to get closer to snap a photo. The acorns that fell last autumn are already germinating, so it found one that was already partly open and promptly flew off to eat it on a nearby branch, out of reach of the competition!
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