A wild baby bird raised from a nestling by humans often imprints on them, and never learns that it is a bird. This includes never learning fear of predators, like dogs. Many people don't know this, and mistakingly think they can release the bird into the wild and it will know what to do. Most don't make it, but some may manage to live a while. They often meet their end by coming up to a human or a dog or a cat, thinking they are a friend with food, just like the ones they knew as a baby.
Perhaps this is what happened with this blue jay. It was raised around dogs and therefore is not afraid of them. Perhaps your dogs were just baffled by this bird's behavior, and decided it was a pal afterall.
The next time you see the bird, try going quietly outside, sitting down, and talking to it. You might be surprised. It might fly right to you. If it does, take it in and call a wildlife rehabber to come get it. It won't last long if it is imprinted.
I have an imprinted starling as a pet. He was the first baby bird I raised, and I didn't know what I was doing, so I accidently imprinted him. He has NO fear of anything. He likes the dogs, is completely unafraid of them, tries to follow them or peck them on the nose. He also likes to scold them, in a perfect imitation of my "grouchy" voice .... "Wishbone! Stop it!", "Twister, NO!"
Or, maybe it's a wild bird, and has just somehow made friends with the dogs. Humans can't begin to know all there is to know about animals ... remember the zoo gorilla with a "pet" cat?
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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