Why I need a BB gun.
My bird feeder is successfully up. I really do like it. The cardinal couple still comes regularly, and now there’s a little yellow bird visiting regularly. And, just yesterday, the yellow bird brought a little yellow friend along. Because I’m not an ornithologist, I don’t know what kind of bird the little yellow ones are without doing a bit of research, but I thought if I didn’t go find out it would give Peggy something to do today. 
Anyway, I love all my little feathery visitors, except this one:
I don’t like bluejays. They are the pirates of the bird world, and I find they do nothing good for me or my feathery friends, the scoundrels. If only I had a BB gun…
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Actually, I think your little yellow friends are Yellow Warblers. They love Nebraska!
And I’m with you with the bluejay. As is often the case, beautiful on the outside, arrogant, mean & just stinkin’ rotten on the inside. Just what makes them think their little dirty birdie _ _ _ _ doesn’t stink?
My husband also wants a bbgun. And not the old school ones. He wants one with a cannister (?) to really fire some good shots. In his case, he wants to eat some rabbit.
I think Brad could arrange that, and Leo wouldn’t even have to get a gun.
Yes, but then I’d have to skin the stupid thing. My husband doesn’t seem to understand that I like to cook, I like to bake, I like to generally start from scratch in the kitchen. But SKIN a RABBIT or PLUCK a CHICKEN???!!??? ICK!
Or you could fill a water gun with gasoline. That might work!
You took my comment!! Okay, I’ll say, “or you could use a shovel!”
How did I get involved with you people?
I got my BB gun at Walmart. Here in Maryland, if you can believe it. It was about eight years ago. Before BB guns became illegal in Baltimore. Stupid Baltimore…
I just use a pump rifle. I didn’t want to mess with air canisters. Pumping is free. I did get pellets instead of BB’s though. Pellets are pointy and break the skin more easily. I haven’t shot any bluejays with it, but then, I don’t get many bluejays in my yard. Maybe the rabbits told them to stay away. Stupid rabbits…
I thought of you guys when I saw the stuffed bluejay in the “Birds of DC” exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History today. They also had swallows - he, he - long live Monte Python!