While getting ready to go for a hike a while ago we were pleased to have the company of numerous Pinyon Jays buzzing about in the parking area collecting seeds.
According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Pinyon Jays are highly social birds of the lower mountain slopes of the western United States, the Pinyon Jay is specialized for feeding on pine seeds. Each jay stores thousands of seeds each year, and has such a good memory that it can remember where most of them were hidden.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pinyon_Jay/id
Now if only I could bottle that kind of memory and take a sip every morning I might never forget where I placed my keys.
nature has no boss 
I never noticed before that they have little scruffy beards!
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He’s a hip dude.
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Cute looking birds with their little goatee. 😀
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HI and yep, a beautiful bird indeed. A nice splash of color to brighten any day.
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Nice image of this snazzy fellow and interesting memory skill. I could use some of that, too!
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We have always thought humans a should the brains of animals to find out how they do things like this. Who knows, it may provide wonderful treatments for things like memory loss.
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