Fight: Blue Jay vs Red Bellied Woodpecker Up close HD

[@ItComeFromWithin]

I like how the fought for literally no reason. Each taking just one seed each after their stand-off.

[@kensmith2796]

Sort of like shoppers on Black Friday.

[@Chris-jl6vp]

Humans imitate animals, cause like it or not we are all animals at the end of the day.

[@tomtalker2000]

Red Bellied Woodpeckers can be VERY VERY nasty once they claim a feeding spot. They will NOT tolerate Blue Jays thinking they can bully there way in. They both have extremely sharp beaks but i think the edge goes to the woodpecker there. Plus, the woodpecker obviously has the advantage having "zygodactyl feet". Which is having two toes facing in the front and two in the back. Where as "perching birds" have 3 toes in the front and 1 in the back.These feet, along with thick talons and stiff tail feathers, are what helps woodpeckers to brace, grip, and climb tree trunks in a vertical position. I have 30yrs experience in the avian field and have worked "hands on" with everything from Warblers to Birds of Prey. And Budgies to Macaws. So i've seen my fair share of encounters between various bird species while out in the field.

[@experiencewonder]

I am watching this happen at my bird feeder! It is so fascinating to watch! This just happened today ua-cam.com/video/naHsbH8g0BA/v-deo.html

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

I loved reading your comment! But since you're a well-educated person please don't forget to use there, their, and they're properly 😉... There are other grammatical & spelling errors too (fragments, "whereas", etc), but those could simply be attributed to typing the way you speak without proofreading. I'm not trying to nitpick or make you angry; you just sound a lot more educated to your audience when you use proper grammar and have no spelling errors. Cheers!

[@DoltonI]

@@bumblebootwiddletoes5185 lol

[@Petersnka]

Shame they couldn’t combine their forces to battle starling’s. Lol Both of these guys are great birds to see at feeders.

[@tomtalker2000]

@@bumblebootwiddletoes5185 You must be a teacher. They run in my family. Grammar wasn't my strong suit in school. But biology sure was...(g)

[@jimjustice581]

Dang. The blue jay was grabbing his beak and trying to drag him out of there ! And then smashing his head down on the woodpecker’s bill. Bada*s! The woodpecker’s “no backward steps” attitude won the day for him.

[@jasonwarren9279]

As a kid my mom told me a story about feeding birds.
She threw out a bunch of stale bread in the side yard and was watched as dozens of robins were chased off by a few black birds. Then she watched as those black birds got chased off by a single blue jay.
It's fun to see that something can push back against jays.

[@michelleregis6181]

sounds like a fun visual experience.Birds are interesting to watch arnt they ?

[@musicalbenjiman]

I love the end outcome despite all the showboating. The woodpecker flies off to eat in peace; the Blue Jay keeps watch and gets his peanut 🥜

[@richogarden]

00:07 bro are you filming us?!

[@consciousdaily396]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jameswillett7186]

These birds have one thing in common- they're both beautiful.

[@newfoundland042961]

Taking on a dude who literally smacks his face into wood on a regular basis. Silly Blue Jay.

[@TheCrowsAreWatching]

Corvids can't be bullied by no woodpecker

[@10.11.9]

@@TheCrowsAreWatching A red-bellied woodpecker can make quick work of most blue jays, but apparently not this hyperaggressive jay.

[@TheCrowsAreWatching]

@10.11.9 this is not a hyperaggressive jay, this is a jay being a jay. Corvids are smart, aggressive and competitive they literally harass and chase out EAGLES, they are the dominant birds here

[@zyphryx9]

That’s some pretty impressive fencing

[@KnightTimeLuigi1397]

0:09, Woodpecker: "Hold up, is the camera rolling? All right, cool." (Fight Begins)

[@godscommandmentsaretruthis2837]

Anyone with a backyard birdfeeder knows that Woodpeckers are the boss... but it seems this Blue Jay didn't get the memo.

[@experiencewonder]

Lol

[@TheCrowsAreWatching]

Corvids can't be bullied by no woodpecker

[@razorsharpe3371]

I don’t believe crows can but I have seen woodpeckers run off bluejays on occasion.

[@BenniBoltz45]

Mordecai VS Woody Woodpecker: The fight of the century

[@Matt-the-Youtube-user]

Yeah. I suppose, Mordecai offended Woody, by marking Woody's signature laugh, as annoying. I can already see a dialogue between those two, like this:
Mordecai: Well, well, well, look who's here! Woodpecker with the World's most annoying laugh ever.
Woody: What?! What did you say about my laugh, you weird colored bird?!
Mordecai: You heard me very well, you head banging birdie. Your laugh is very annoying!
Woody: Yeah. Says the blue bird, who gets frequently yelled at by a gumball machine.
Mordecai: Hey, It's not my fault, he's sometimes a big dork! Also haven't you been threatened to be k¤lled by many people?
Woody: Don't remind me of that! Also, about k¤lling. I'm surprised, your raccoon friend didn't shred you already. Raccoons can be vicious.
Mordecai: *loses his temper* WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU CALL RIGBY VIOLENT?! GET OVER HERE YOU INTO-WOOD-HEAD-SMACKING BIRD, I'LL PECK YOUR EYES OUT!!!
Woody: I'LL PECK YOURS OUT TOO, YOU BLUE COLRED BIRD SLACKER!!!
Mordecai and Woody: *have a very intense brawl*
Now it's up to you to write, how would Benson (gumball machine) react, when he spots Mordecai and Woody fighting each other.

[@kevhead1525]

Woody was based on the pilated woodpecker. We have a male and female hanging around. They are huge.

[@BenniBoltz45]

@kevhead1525 I know that, but the joke still makes sense anyways. In fact, I was actually a big fan of Woody Woodpecker as a kid, so pileated woodpeckers were my favorite as a kid lol. Too bad I never got to see one with my own eyes

[@kevhead1525]

@@BenniBoltz45 We have lots of downy, hairy and red bellies too. The Piliated dwarfs them. Pretty cool.

[@BenniBoltz45]

@kevhead1525 Yeah I remember hearing from ppl I know about pileateds literally tearing out holes from the sides of their house and all and how they talked about how massive they are. I'd love to see one someday

[@MikeyC19836]

"I'm A Woodpecker and You're Not ~ Let's Fight!"

[@AsteriskDatBoi]

Mordecai meets Woody Woodpecker!

[@mallerysmith8434]

Excellent. Love seeing these big birds test eachother.

[@patriciaschuster1371]

Finally a Bluejays got a taste of his own medicine!

[@elizabethhenning778]

The woodpecker has the size and strength advantage, but the jay wins on style and finesse.

[@user-lm1gl5dg5y]

This woodpecker just doesn't know how to use its main advantage - the crushing bill-hammer.

[@Youneverknow222]

Red bellied woodpeckers are smaller than blue Jay's. However their beaks are way tougher!

[@Logical_Chronical]

Jays are actually really smart. They are in the corvid family, which includes ravens and crows.

[@stopdeforestation]

​@@Logical_Chronical I love crows. they're goofy, too. one video on UA-cam, shows a crow creeping almost along the ground to snuggle up to a duckling, which obviously it wanted on its menu.

[@tjodytrue]

That was one aggressive Blue Jay. Red Bellied woodpeckers usually dominate feeders; however the Blue Jay stood up to him.

[@oliverjohnstone7747]

Jody True well blue jays are usually aggressive. They usually harass robins etc that have babies so then the robin will get so fed up with the blue jay it will just leave the hatchlings to die or get eaten by ravens crows and blue jays etc.

[@GunnyKeith]

I agree totally

[@mikeh5950]

Agreed

[@tammy5654]

I agree. The major majority of the time the Red bellied woodpeckers dominate the Bluejays visiting my bird feeder. This is the first time I've seen a jay face off with the Red bellied woodpecker. Wow !!! 😁

[@billphilips8522]

i cracks me up at the beginning both birds pause as if they are noticing a camera is recording them about to fight. first time i've seen a blue jay put up a fight against a woodpecker. nice try blue jay. that is one big blue jay if you ask me.

[@tjodytrue]

Most of the time Red Bellied woodpeckers dominate but I have seen Blue Jays or Cardinals chase off Red Bellied woodpeckers on several occasions.

[@fish8887]

Yeah because bluejays can be a feet tall on maximum

[@thisspacenotforrent]

Both birds did not even want the same type of seeds/nuts...they should have just talked/tweeted it out and would have been cool with one another taking what they wanted...

[@callicordova4066]

My two favorites.

[@MrMisterChiliPepper88]

1:40 blue Jay flies off to another tree in the background observing the woodpecker on the feeder then within a few seconds the wood pecker flies off with food then the same blue Jay flew down from the tree grabbed a peanut 🥜 took off

[@glbernini0]

Why hasn't anyone said "I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND"!

[@larizarichard08]

You underestimate my power!

[@MrWhoevr]

The jays and woodpeckers at my feeder get along fine. I never see fights.

[@Jon-zh4fw]

those red bellies are harsh to alot of birds at mine. Usually they just attack starlings but I saw a bluebird get a little too close for comfort, they dont play around when hungry😂

[@experiencewonder]

How do you manage this? My woodpecker does not like to share! :( Evidence: ua-cam.com/video/naHsbH8g0BA/v-deo.html

[@allhopeabandon7831]

Everybody gets along fine so long as there is enough food...this Jay had his heart set on the peanut, there was only one and that was the problem...RB wood peckers would rather have a shelled peanut and Jays would rather have two in the shell. I go thru a 3 lb. bag of peanuts every day.

[@10.11.9]

@@allhopeabandon7831 Wow, that's a lot of peanuts.

[@allhopeabandon7831]

@@10.11.9 I literally quit eating sushi 2x a week, to once a week, so I don't feel bad about buying 21 lbs of peanuts weekly.

[@behklee0]

Woodpecker won! Congratulations for the little bundle of nuts 🥜

[@AdEsguerraVlog2021]

so nice to see this birds. thumbs up bell on.

[@nonaeubinis4934]

A well matched spar. Fierce.

[@altezza46]

On my platform feeder the Red Bellied usually wins

[@kurtreber9813]

I imagine so! He exercises his beak and neck more than the other birds. I'm surprised this all took place without any vocal interaction. I wonder if that means they were not deadly serious ... merely expressing pecking order.

[@harryedwards9391]

What a Sword fight hope they bring their eye protection next time

[@Tonetare]

Oh wow! That blue jay looked scary, kind of gangster at the beginning, but that woodpecker outfought him it appears. Great fight though. Two alphas. All they needed was a red winged black bird involved. Those redwinged black birds are absolute menaces and love to bully and fight even bald eagles

[@chrissinatra1217]

I get the same birds in my backyard. But now i have a robin that chases out all the blue jays!

[@nic5482]

Am i the only one that yelled “SHARE THA DAMN FOOD!!🤨”

[@JetTrae]

Now, i'm not hear to speculate, but based off of what i'm seeing here, one could assume that these two aren't very found of each other. I mean lmk if i'm wrong but..

[@connieclum8470]

Bad boys of the neighborhood, yummie food, don’t give up easy, love these birds ☮️⭐️🆒🆒‼️‼️‼️‼️😁

[@mariastrozier559]

WOWWW, absolutely incredible 👏 🙌 😍

[@williewaset]

Tactically, a victory for the Blue Jay!

[@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si]

Because he is alive and got his peanut.

[@kkknotcool]

How?
He had to eat second.
The fight was about who gets to eat first.

[@kkknotcool]

@Kindreddzz If it didn't matter then nobody would be fighting.
(edit: to be clear it's about establishing a pecking order for the future, dominant birds eat first without conflict and being able to just show up and eat first is an advantage in the long run. )

[@centralprocessingunit2564]

@@kkknotcool nah that woodpecker is gay. he just waited for him to attack. no fighting spirit. blue jay would kick his ass

[@howstothis]

@@centralprocessingunit2564 Nah, blue jay coward and trash. Woodpecker would open his head up and drink his little brain.

[@scottm.peters1473]

Don't fight kitties, there's enough food for both of you! Meow

[@richardvaldes3959]

Yeah these birds are always fighting in my yard haha

[@MrArgoma]

Preciosas imágenes 👍. Son encantadores ♥️. Me quedaré por aquí para disfrutar con ellos.

[@missangiee66]

All the Blue Jay wanted was the peanut lol

[@xr4ti548]

Moral of the story; if you just bide your time, you'll get your peanut in the end.

[@robbflynn4325]

In our garden I saw starlings took over an established RBW nest, next day the starlings were gone and the RBW were there with a female, lol. Noticed how aggressive RBW's are at our garden feeder.

[@stopdeforestation]

Do you mean RWB? Red wing blackbird. I don't know what rbw is

[@robbflynn4325]

@@stopdeforestation red bellied woodpecker

[@laurapug5389]

Me when my husband want a bite of my dessert

[@jaylenebarton4043]

WOODY HAVING A BAD MOMENT HERE!!! THATS AWESOME! LOVE BIRDING!!!!

[@hyekang3850]

The other birds don't seem to fight but these two. Almost all the time. Why are blue jay and red bellied woodpecker so aggressive toward each other? Even their plume colours are opposite too! The woodpecker lowers down its body and seems scared of the jay, which seems to avoid the trouble and fly away

[@zzubuzz]

The way you stop that is to just add more peanuts in the shell, the jays will quickly go for that and take off. I have seen that with my own feedings, and this vid ends that way. It's kinda funny how they will pick up one peanut, put it down and repeat as if they are haggling for the best deal. I feed them un-salted but roasted, I don't think they care if they are raw or roasted but definitely do not give them salted.

[@konstantyk.3320]

I totally agree and do the same thing @my feeders .... The jays covet the peanuts (yes, unsalted, roasted) .. I put bunches of them in the feeder and toss them as well; the jays "dive-bomb" for the peanuts and fly off happily, leaving more time at the feeder for other birds.

[@Omegasphere]

In the end, they both got what they wanted 🤣

[@NathanJones88]

I like Woodpeckers

[@arabellamovius2260]

Don’t fuck with woodpeckers!! 💯

[@banjalien]

Awesome

[@michelleregis6181]

thres not enough rroom for both of us, so scat this is my find !

[@deathhunter6628]

Never go beak to beak with a woodpecker

[@denesespann5099]

Aww don't y'all fight it's enough for both of you LORD have MERCY

[@herochanel7478]

Nice the bird

[@commontater8630]

I figured the woodpecker would win. Those peckers just gotta be boss.

[@brianfeeney3936]

never bring a gun to a knife face fight

[@Akira625]

It's not wise to scrap with a bird capable of pecking through skulls.

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

Yay Blue Jay! They're my favorite birds

[@StreetFighter2010]

I can’t stand them. Loudmouth aggressive annoying birds.

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

@@StreetFighter2010 well I didn't ask for your opinion

[@StreetFighter2010]

@@ethancoolbro18gamer86 Likewise

[@ethancoolbro18gamer86]

@@StreetFighter2010 well YOU were the one that replied to MY comment

[@StreetFighter2010]

@@ethancoolbro18gamer86 You ain’t the only one allowed to have an opinion on UA-cam bruh 🙄

[@jzk3919]

I musta missed somtin here. Why the fight?

[@partygoer8364]

Mordecai is being agressive a lil bit

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

LOL this is why him and Margaret were never going to work

[@partygoer8364]

@@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk lol 🤣

[@robinday2137]

Two dinosaurs fighting it out

[@GiGiGoesShopping]

You'd think one or the other would help themselves with all the grain scattered out of the dish below.

[@ardalla535]

music should be T Petty 'I won't back down.'

[@kurtreber9813]

Im not sure who won:
Woody stayed his ground but BJ had the final word. Hmm.

[@alecfromminnenowhere2089]

Those Red Bellied are bullies.

[@genekimm9559]

all that for a measly peanut?

[@lemongrab6173]

These two species really hate eachother

[@dociogarcia2582]

Is this where the Bloods and Crypts started their beef?

[@dibensy59]

Peanuts are worth it.

[@jonathane.h.9207]

0:09 Arrendajo: hey carpintero, ya viste la cámara? Nos están grabando actúa como adulto, comamos en paz sino el humano lo subirá a UA-cam...
Carpintero: .. eh!, Me vale verga aquí no comerás

[@donlewis6821]

There seems to be a pecking order here…

[@LouieTheLip]

Very neato; I would wager these guys are just playing. Looks like the jay is actually trying to help woodpecker get jump start on flight by pulling him above him. 👌

[@GullahGeecheeFarmer]

It's on sight clearly in your yard. 🤺

[@righteousbrother9402]

𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐!

[@battles423]

Crips vs bloods

[@RanaFaraj]

Yes! 🤣

[@ebeb516]

Nope. Everyone lived and got fed . Bird feeder is still open for business. This was clearly more of a birdseed Black Friday situation. 😜

[@johnr.b.murray3417]

Jay’s gonna get ‘hammered’ 🤓

[@stopdeforestation]

It's sad how two beautiful birds can't be friends.

[@suziemarie3224]

It's a baby asking for food and that blue wasn't gonna feed it

[@SuperKevinho1]

KYOGRE VS GROUDON

[@Nudiescorner]

BRAT!!!!!

[@bananian]

Republican vs Democrat colorized.

[@consciousdaily396]

Why is the pecker so low?!

[@hazelwood55]

How is there is not a squirrel in sight.

[@frankyvee1]

The squirrels are below feeding from all the food dropping down from this silly scuffle.

[@deprogramr]

They could've just shared the food, stupid birds, they wasted a bunch of it while fighting over it...

[@ZOMBIE_STOMP]

Ay nigga u got da wrong coluh on round hea

[@esjay2322]

All that AND FOR WHAT?

[@thomasmaloney843]

Woodpecker descends from T Rex?

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

All birds descended from raptors; tyrannosaurs don't have any descendants.

[@onei2008]

いや...餌が散らかるだけだから。

[@82raptor]

Jays get a bad rap, all of our birds (including these two) get along just fine. The only "bird fight" we saw here was a black bird starting a fight with a jay, my jay kicked the snot out of it.