Give the Blue Jays (fine) cracked corn. They love it and it's cheap! Cynthia Crawford *Creature Kinships and Natural Affinities* Animal and Nature Paintings, Portraits and Prints www.creaturekinships.com MORE PHOTOS and ARTWORK: http://pbase.com/creaturekinships EVEN MORE PHOTOS: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33836164@N03/ BLOG: http://creature-kinships.blogspot.com/ On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Jeff MacQueen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have around twenty hogging my bird seeds daily in Orford. > > > On Saturday, February 21, 2015, David Merker <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Still 30+ here in the Etna swamp >> >> Ted Levin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> My jays have been gone for 2 weeks. I think they were driven by weather >> to find food farther south. Usually, when they court you can hear them, if >> not see them. They are quite conspicuous. I'll ask my birding friends in >> MA, LI, and NJ if they are experiencing an influx of jays. >> >> Some years when a lot of robins stick around, once the dried berries, >> hollies usually, are gone, and the weather becomes cold and snowy, they >> withdraw from their northern outposts. >> >> Ted >> >> >> On Feb 21, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Wendy Jane Sichel wrote: >> >> For weeks there have been many bluejays loudly and voraciously eating >> regularly at my feeders, and they have vanished in the past 2 days. I >> looked up online and yes, their courtship season is said to begin in >> February)or so I read). Can any of you "real" birders corroborate this? >> **************************************************************** 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 >> **************************************************************** >> >> >> **************************************************************** 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 >> **************************************************************** >> **************************************************************** 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 >> **************************************************************** > > > *The Right-To-Know Law provides that most e-mail communications, to or > from Lebanon School District employees regarding the business of the School > District, are government records available to the public upon request. > Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. > This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any > review, dissemination, copying, printing, or other use of this e-mail by > persons or entities other than the addressee is strictly prohibited. If > you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and > delete the material from any computer.* > **************************************************************** 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 > **************************************************************** **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************