Has anyone seen newly fledged birds yet?



I sent Jane's question about the Bluejay being fed suet by a Downy 

Woodpecker to

my son who is a wildlife biologist, and below is his take on it.   ~ 

June in Jericho







My guess is that this is a recently fledged blue jay and the downy 

woodpecker has young back in the nest. The blue jay is begging to 

anything it sees that has food and the downy woodpecker's feeding 

response is triggered by the behavior since it is geared up to feed 

babies at the moment. Birds are usually triggered to feed their young 

by the begging sound and the sight of the bright yellow/orange/red 

lining of the mouth of young birds. I guess this is just one 

overstimulated woodpecker. Pretty funny.  The only other option is 

that female blue jays will display like that to males as part of the 

courtship display, but I doubt one would do that to a woodpecker!