Springtime is nest building time. In Costa Rica this past March, the birds were in full construction mode. This Brown Jay drew my attention away from the hummingbirds in the Blue Porterweed hedge. The Jay was in a tree beyond the hedge and he was intent on extracting this large stick. The stick was long and unwieldy but he eventually managed to ease it through an opening and flew off to his nest that was under construction somewhere else. He returned over and over during the afternoon to find more supplies for his nest.