Kim: If you have jays around they are easy to entice to become regular visitors. I'm hoping to get the bold one to eventually eat the nuts out of my hand.
Lynda: We must know the same people
I put the mug closer to the peanut so that the Jay would become used to nearby objects and I intend to move the peanuts closer to me and hopefully have the little rascal eventually eating out of my hand. A former Lt at the academy used to put the peanuts on the sidewalk and lay a path leading into his office. He would tie a small strip of cloth, much like a kite tail, on the last peanut. When we saw the Jay flying off with the "kite tail" we knew he had picked up the last peanut.
Sandye & Scott: Sounds like you have a much greater variety of birds where you live. I keep hoping Cardinals will work their way over the Rockies and take to our climate here but sadly such is not the case.