Awe! A friend's chorky was visiting on Monday and went out into the yard with our Annie dog. The next thing I knew, Gizmo has a fledgling blue jay in his mouth. His parent was squawking, he was squawking and Annie came over to join the fun. Fortunately, Gizmo brought me third and dropped it. I chased it as it flapped around the yard while my friend corralled the doggies. I finally caught it and returned it to the flower bed under the tree it had come from. Later in the day, my friend patrolled the yard, saw no birds, but low and behold, Annie found one. She gave it a nudge with her nose - she wanted to herd it! LOL. I think she thought it was a chicken my son threatened to get me for my birthday so the poor Australian Cattle Dog could do her thing! For the past couple of day, I've taken Ms. Annie out in the front to give the fledglings a chance to learn to fly. Hope all goes well for you.