My favorite autumn walking paths are coming back into favor. Unfortunately, there are generational changes among my favorites. The tits that I used to feed from my hand have already flown away, or maybe they are gone forever, and the young generation is very shy, and it will take me a lot of time to tame the young ones.

There is hope though!

A young jay comes every day to the bench where I visit very often. The first days and contact with the bird was very limited. She would sit on a tree, at a considerable distance, and watch me and my movements, to see if I might throw something to her.

One of them, after a few days, I gained trust, because as soon as she notices me, she sits down on the bench, at a distance of about 1.5 m. I managed to lure her to a distance of about 50 cm, but she still can't break through. I think it's just a matter of a dozen or so days and she'll be eating out of your hand. It's nice, especially when people from outside watch and disbelieve.

Even when a jay hides in the bushes without seeing it clearly, no one has any doubts what kind of bird it is. This characteristic beautiful feathering of the wings is impossible to imitate.

I can't take a very close shot of her yet. As soon as he sees a camera with a moving lens in his other hand, he immediately runs away to a tree. I don't know why birds sense something wrong with cameras - they associate them with weapons, or maybe they associate the camera lens with the big eye of some predator.

In addition to the jay, there are also young jackdaws. They are also shy, but they are not afraid of people, only of dogs running around the park. Of course, people have prohibitions (somewhere) in their lives, and there are also those who set birds with their pets. An embarrassing phenomenon.

A beautiful golden autumn has arrived in the park, and we should be happy about it. The trees exude all colors, and the sun helps them in this - hopefully for as long as possible.