It isn’t often I train my camera on smaller birds but this colorful one demanded my attention. These birds are so beautiful and their plumage just awesome. I happened across this one last week just as the sun was popping over the horizon on Colorado’s plains.
![A Blue Jay soaks in the morning sun on the Colorado plains. (© Tony’s Takes)](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JiBi_F_zn8Q/WWtJPwjAhAI/AAAAAAAAgtk/sJbRQSTDPDwOpg2KIovgWZ_GF_1zsALngCJoC/s710/2017-07-10%2B06-28-35%2B-%2B0119.jpg)