How do Blue Jays eat acorns? And the answer is …

Photo by Chris Bosak A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck's Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck’s Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

As shown in the photo above and the photos below, they break the shell and eat the nut in pieces. I’m sure most of you knew that anyway. Just wanted to provide photographic evidence.

Photo by Chris Bosak A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck's Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck’s Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

Photo by Chris Bosak A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck's Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck’s Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

Photo by Chris Bosak A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck's Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

Photo by Chris Bosak
A Blue Jay eats an acorn at Selleck’s Woods in Darien, Conn., April 2016.

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