Just went out to fill platform feeder & heard a familiar chattering call. I learned, long ago, to always have my binocs with me. And, in a Russian Olive was the Steller’s Jay. I’ve yet to see it come into the feeder, in spite of my best attempts by following advice here. Won’t come in for peanuts, sunflower seeds or suet. 

 

But, it was rapidly downing Russian Olive fruits! Have a bumper crop this year, so perhaps that’s the reason it has stuck around. 

 

Brian Carrigan 

Blackfoot