Green Jay chasing Wasp
by Judi Dressler
Title
Green Jay chasing Wasp
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This beautiful Green Jay was darting about, but it wasn't until I got home and looked at my photos on my computer that I saw the bug he had been chasing! That wasp was a tasty lunch, I bet. I love how intent the jay looks on catching his prey!
A brilliant green, yellow, and blue jay of the tropics, the Green Jay enters our US only in southern Texas. The birds travel in conspicuous family flocks through brushlands and forests, seeking insects, small vertebrates, and fruit to eat. Like other jays and crows, this species is an incredibly versatile forager equally comfortable at picking, gleaning, pouncing, and even flycatching. During the breeding season, from April through June, these garrulous birds settle down and become a bit quieter. Green Jays live in pairs or social groups at all seasons, communicating with each other with a bizarre variety of different calls.
Photo taken on March 3, 2021, in Southern Texas.
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Won 1st Place in FAA's YELLOW OR ORANGE IN NATURE contest on 7/14/2023
Won 1st Place in FAA's BIRDS IN FLIGHT contest on 7/24/2021
Won 1st Place in FAA's ONE ADULT BIRD FLYING contest on 7/5/2021
Won 2nd Place in FAA's APRIL 2021 MIND-BLOWING GROUP AVATAR contest, 3/29/2021
Won 2nd Place in FAA's FAVORITE PIECE OF WILDLIFE ARTWORK contest, 4/2/2021
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Descriptive keywords and tags for this image include green jays, jays, flying, songbirds, birds, colorful, wing spread, wingspread, wasp, bug, green jay catching bug, flight, open wings, hunting, chasing, catching, beautiful, green, birds, cyanocorax yncas, wildlife, wild, texas, corvidae, corvids, passeriformes, inca jays, dressler, and judi dressler.
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Comments (144)
Larry Kniskern
Judi – I wanted to let you know that your stunning image was a top-fifteen candidate for selection as the July 2023 "Photo of the Month" in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done! Please feel free to add this gem to the “Candidates for Photo of the Month” discussion thread in the group.
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this beautiful photograph! Congratulations on your First Place in the Yellow Or Orange In Nature contest! F/L
RAY WHITT
Congratulations on your first place finish in the "Yellow or Orange in Nature Contest Judi, wonderful action image!
Debra Forand
Congrats on winning the contest YELLOW OR ORANGE IN NATURE - PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY, Well deserved. Beautiful image!!
Catherine Sherman
Judi, Congratulations on your first place in the YELLOW OR ORANGE IN NATURE contest in the "Go Take a Hike" group. Beautiful and spectacular capture! F
Michelle Tinger
Judi, Congrats on you 1st place win in the Yellow and orange contest with this awesome capture
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Judi – your stunning scene finished FIRST PLACE in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Yellow and Orange Objects photo contest! It will be placed on the group homepage as a special feature for the week, as well in the Contest Winners thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Brian Baker
Splendid capture! Congratulations on your win in the Yellow or Orange in Nature - Photography Only contest! l/f
John Merkle
Exceptional Image. Great composition, well exposed and technically superb. I love this image. Well done!
Ken Lawrence
Congratulations on your top finish! Great catch and that wasp is going to be out of business!
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