For the second time this summer, a fledgling has taken refuge on my back deck and just stayed there.  A few weeks ago it was a young robin.

On Monday, it was a fledgling stellar jay.

I had just got home and the young bird was sitting right under my feeder, not moving. the summer breezes rippling the downy feathers.

Unlike the more skittish robin, this fellow wasn’t moving at all, even after I stepped onto the deck with camera and Sigma  500mm zoom.

It was almost like taking a portrait of a human, except, in this case, the stellar jay was somewhat more cooperative. Still didn’t move. That’s how I got close enough for the two “portrait shots.” I backed off for a while.  The bird flew away, then came back for about another ten minutes. Then it was gone again.