[Vision2020] Jays

[Saundra Lund]

Hi Wayne & Kit,

YES -- I've had the true Blue Jays, too, and boy, are they loud  :-)  We've had
them visit the past couple of winters.  I discovered them one morning when I
heard an unfamiliar racket & went to see who was responsible  :-)  Aren't they
just wonderful?!?

I don't think we've had the Stellar's Jay, though  :-(

Today has been a real boon -- we've had *lots* of different kinds of birds that
are a bit out of the ordinary for our yard.

Kit, I happen to like (and feed) the squirrels as well as the birds, so I
wouldn't be too happy about the hawk wanting to use my feeding stations as a
smorgasbord.  Don't get me wrong -- I like raptors, too, but I'd appreciate it
if they wouldn't make their meals out of the birds & squirrels I enjoy, and
right in my yard, too!

I'm on a vet med list recently that was discussing safe & legal techniques for
discouraging hawks from preying on small mammals.  I didn't pay a lot of
attention to the suggestions (I just go hang out in the yard to discourage them
whenever they come to collect their meals from my yard/feeders), but let me know
offlist if you'd like me to send you the suggestions.


Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
-Edmund Burke

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On
Behalf Of Kit Craine
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 3:42 PM
To: Art Deco aka W. Fox
Cc: Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Jays

Thanks for the photos. We had a blue bird in our yard one day, but couldn't find
it in our book. If I recall correctly, it was a Blue Jay. We also had some bird
that sounded like a hawk but I couldn't see it.

Had a red-winged hawk going after our squirrels this morning.

Kit Craine

On Nov 16, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Art Deco aka W. Fox wrote:
	Birdwatchers, et al,
	We are pleased that for the first time in several years we are seeing
true Blue Jays (pictured below) at our feeding sites.

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	We have been always overrun with their playful, outrageous relatives,
the Stellar Jay (pictured below) who are able to mimic a wide variety of other
bird sounds including hawks.

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	Has anyone else been seeing true Blue Jays?

	
	Wayne
	Art Deco  (Wayne Fox)
	deco at moscow.com