Guessing NZ?! Yes birds when they are smart can be very, very smart. I am pals with a couple of blue jays who eat my sunflowers. They chase off the crows who

Guessing NZ?! Yes birds when they are smart can be very, very smart. I am pals with a couple of blue jays who eat my sunflowers. They chase off the crows who torment my dog. The crows will swoop at Kramer the poodley mutt and it drives him crazy. His genetics make him a small game hunter and excellent ratter. He looks like a lap dog and can be one but give him prey around and he’s a monster. He caught a crow dive bombing him once which just got him desperate to do it again. The pugs just ignore them thus the crows don’t bother diving at them but they learned from the one failed attempt. They also had what seemed to be a funeral for their fallen soldier. I plant fifty or so sunflowers every year to fatten up the blue jays for winter and help protect their nest from the hawks that linger too. Quite the little deal we have. There’s a distinct call they’ll make when they want help with a murder of crows or a pair of hawks. The hawk scream is higher pitched that’s a defcon one. I work from my garden mostly so respond quickly with the high pressure hose that can reach to the top of the tree they nest in to chase off our enemies if my jay homies are outnumbered a lot.