Kind of…they do chug it down! Jays do take the time to eat, but they also spend a lot of time storing food in their gullet, which has an amazing capacity -- they can get up to 8 acorns stored. Blue Jays also hoard and stash food. Every now and then, a Jay will notice that I’m watching them stash food, so they then go to great lengths to remove it all and move it somewhere else.
Drinking the suet?
Kind of…they do chug it down! Jays do take the time to eat, but they also spend a lot of time storing food in their gullet, which has an amazing capacity -- they can get up to 8 acorns stored. Blue Jays also hoard and stash food. Every now and then, a Jay will notice that I’m watching them stash food, so they then go to great lengths to remove it all and move it somewhere else.