For #BirdOfTheDay #Oustretched- Aoitori the #stellarsJay splayed out and fully extended while anting in our #BellinghamWA backyard.
#birds #birdphotography #nature #backyardbirding #amateurbirding

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Spring Archive- This guy. I like to think he’s the son of Aoitori, grandson of Ichiban and Hachikun. Sep 1, 2023. #AmateurBirding #BackyardBirding #LazyBirding #Spring #StellersJay #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Spring Archive- Aoitori roosting in the lilac. May 27, 2023. #AmateurBirding #BackyardBirding #LazyBirding #Spring #StellersJay #AoiTori #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Archive- @ctb_birds it’s the other corvid! This little guy is a child of Aoitori the Steller’s Jay. Aoitori went missing for over a month and now we know why. July 13 2024. #AmateurBirding BackyardBirding #Summer #StellersJay #AoiTori #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Archive- My dear, totally non-transactional friend Aoitori the Steller’s Jay, who loves to catch peanuts on the fly, but here scores one the easy way. April 25 2024. #AmateurBirding BackyardBirding #LazyBirding #Spring #StellersJay #AoiTori #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour

Nothing says nerd like going on vacation and debating bird ID with a friend. #amateurbirding

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Archive- Aoitori, (Bluebird), our resident Steller’s Jay. 5/27/23. Ichiban and Hachikun’s daughter, she quickly became adept at catching peanuts tossed into the air. #AmateurBirding BackyardBirding #LazyBirding #Spring #StellersJay #AoiTori #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Archive- @ctb_birds it’s the other corvid! This little guy is a child of Aoitori the Steller’s Jay. Aoitori went missing this spring and now we know why. July 13 2024. #AmateurBirding BackyardBirding #Summer #StellersJay #AoiTori #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Archive- @ctb_birds it’s the other corvid! This is a child of our friend Aoitori the Steller’s Jay. Aoitori went missing for over a month this spring, now we know why. July 13 2024. #AmateurBirding BackyardBirding #Summer #StellersJay #AoiTori #BellinghamWA

#SomethingBeautiful Bellingham Spring Archive- This guy. I like to think he’s the son of Aoitori, grandson of Ichiban and Hachikun. Sep 1, 2023. #AmateurBirding #BackyardBirding #LazyBirding #Spring #StellersJay #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour

Posted a Steller’s Jay video taken today to Instagram and Mastodon, but apparently BlueSky doesn’t support video yet so, here’s a still from 5/22/21 of Hachikun watching Ichiban anting in the gravel- #AmateurBirding #BackyardBirding #LazyBirding #Spring #StellersJay #BellinghamWA #ThePhotoHour