I think they like the minerals. I remember how blue jays took an interest in the side of a painted rental house where I lived. How could the paint have been good for them? Another person I spoke to about this knew of blue jays doing this on another house—



> On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:52 AM, kmilk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> In the winter, we spread a bit of ashes from our wood stove on the garden (ashes being alkaline and our soil tends to be acidic).  This morning, I watched a pair of blue jays pecking about in the patch of ashes.  Only the jays seen doing this.  Has anyone else seen this interesting behavior?  

> 

> Norma Milkie

> Canaan, NH

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