Bird on a boom

I just got back from moving my sailboat to its summer port. The highlight of the trip was a visit by a blue jay. We were about six miles offshore sailing under jib alone. The blue jay flew past, did a U-turn and landed on the front of the boom. It remained there for about 30 minutes then walked to the aft end of the boom where it was about three feet from my face. When I asked it "How are you doing today?" it took off.