My Best Buddy Mort

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This is my buddy Mort. He's a Western Scrub Jay. We've been pals for about five years now. He started following me around the yard I take care of for a friend who is out of town a lot. Things got more intimate when I started putting peanuts out for our birds. At first he was cautious, but soon he was taking them out of my hand. He was soon landing on my head or shoulder as I was working. Now he comes in the house, sometime to eat, but mostly just to visit. He loves to just sit in a tree or shrub and talk. I've got his chortle and squak down pretty good. Don't know what we're saying to each other, but we sure can make a lot of noise together! Just in case you were woundering, he has never pooped in the house, or on anyone. Can't say that about some other pets I have. By the way, that's not me in the pic, it's my boss.