Why Hazelnuts are an Important Natural Food Source Blue Jays Can't Resist

After watching Blue Jays harvesting Hazelnuts this Autumn I've concluded that while it is fun to feed birds peanuts and bird seed, it is a very wholesome experience seeing them getting their own food from natural resources.

How do Blue jays prepare for winter?
What do Blue Jays eat during winter?
What nuts do Blue Jays like the most?
What is a Blue Jay's favorite food?
What Food do you put out for Blue Jays?
What is a Blue Jay's favorite snack?
What is a blue jay's natural food?
Do blue Jays hide food away?
Why Do Birds Cache Food?
What is the best feed for the Blue Jays?
Do Blue Jays like Hazelnuts?
How Do Blue Jays pick Hazelnuts?
How do Blue Jays harvest nuts?
Are Hazelnuts Healthy for Blue Jays?

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Timestamps
00:30 Intro
00:31 - 00:42 What is a Blue Jays favorite nut?
00:43 - 00:50 The Importance of Cold Hardy Nut trees to Northern Jays
00:51 - 01:00 Why is it called Beaked Hazel?
01:01 - 01:11 What other animals eat Beaked Hazel?
01:12 - 01:34 How hard do Blue Jays work to harvest Hazelnuts?
01:35 - 02:03 How do young blue Jays learn to harvest Hazelnuts?
02:04 - 02:47 The 3-part process of harvesting Hazelnuts
02:48 - 03:14 How healthy and important are Hazelnuts to Blue Jays?
03:15 - 03:36 The most important reason why Blue Jays harvest Hazelnuts
03:37 - 03:48 How far will the Blue Jays fly to hide away nuts?
03:49 - 04:16 How does the caching behavior of Blue Jays Help the environment?
04:17 - 04:50 What happened when I helped Blue Jays harvest Hazelnuts?
04:51 - 05:04 The pureness of Allowing birds to find and collect food from natural sources
05:05 - 05:32 Other fascinating Blue Jay behavior

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