Our numbers are down from the 40 to 60 of last year to only about ten. As last year, their favorite winter food seems to be the dead mice and shrews from our traps that we put under the feeders. Often a jay flies off with it less than a minute after we put it out.**************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************Mary in Bethel, VTOn Feb 10, 2015, at 8:20 PM, Bill Shepard wrote:**************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html****************************************************************If anyone needs a Blue Jay or 2 (10)…..let me know.I counted 30 (more ?) this morning at our feeder. They love the ground food I put out.They are quite striking, and entertaining. Rather dominant in their big numbers.We regularly have 12.8-)Bill ShepardProject CoordinatorCT River Birding Trail2360 Academy RoadThetford Center, VT 05075Home: 802 785-2855