> The other day, I was visiting with my family at my grandpa's house. While in the middle of a conversation, my dad says, "Hey kids, there's a squirrel across the street on the neighbours driveway!" We were all gawking at the squirrel, who was chewing on a nut. . .when all the sudden, a blue jay swung out of the sky and ATTACKED the squirrel!!! The squirrel dropped his nut, and darted around a while, and the jay flew off. In a few seconds, the squirrel went back to the nut and the jay dive bombed him again. It was quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen. And very, very strange.
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> Tess

Not so strange. Bluejays and squirrels often feed on the same things. And 'jays are rather agressive. Where I live there are plenty of both and they tend to fuss at each other a lot. I don't remember a confrontation like you describe, but it wouldn't surprise me. We have a variety of trees here and there is plenty of natural food available.

Let me add my "bird story."
This afternoon, two strange birds arrived on our deck. In the 31 years that we have lived here, I have never seen such birds. They were shaped the same but with very different colors, so I assumed they were a pair. The male was bright red. Redder than a cardinal. He had a few black highlights on his wings but was otherwise completely red. The head was slender, with no crest. The female was a brassy color. Sort of yellow/tan/gold, I guess. They were shaped like wrens, but larger. They also posed with their tail high like a wren and the bill was stuck out level or higher instead of angled down like most birds. The bill was pointed with a slight curve, good for catching insects. I saw the male eat a bug.

But they were short on brains, because they both were attacking their own reflection in the glass door. The male got the message, but the female kept smacking the glass.

They were not a variety that I have seen before, here or anywhere. Does anybody have a clue as to what they are?
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