Those of you who have ever tried to photograph the Eurasian Jay know how shy they are, and how difficult they are to capture on camera. It has taken me years to try to photograph one in flight but so far without success. To be able to photograph a Jay I have to keep my camera poised in one place in the hope that a Jay will alight in a specific place where I have seen one perch before. It's tiring, because I have to stand, and it may take a while before one appears, but the desire to obtain my objective is greater than my discomfort.I live in a place where Jays are plentiful, perhaps they have an ingrained sense of fear of humans because they were once hunted and killed for their decorative blue feathers used to embellish both men's and woman's hats. Of course I don't know if this is true, but it's true that they fear us. They have exceptional eye sight and they detect the slighted movement which will make them take flight. Although I see them every day, I'm still in awe of their beauty, and they have a certain presence that's hard to ignore,which I liken to when a beautiful women has just entered a room and everyone's eyes are upon her.
