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> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:26:44 -0700, "Cheri" >
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>>> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:50:42 -0400, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>On 2017-08-11 9:17 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> Shnorror: (shnor-ror) A begger; someone who always looking for a
>>>>>> handout or a free ride; the guy who's always in the bathroom when the
>>>>>> check comes; the person who's constantly borrowing but never
>>>>>> returning; someone who's continually sponging off others.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lol Sheldon. You sound about as cynical as I'm becoming.
>>>>> Live long enough and you only accumulate loss in your life.
>>>>> Bah humbug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, animals deserve more consideration than human leeches.
>>>>> I hope your will looks after your ferals that you love.
>>>>
>>>>That is not cynical. It is just being realistic. There are people like
>>>>that and most of us know at least one.
>>>
>>> True... I've met lots of those who always take but never give.
>>> However animals don't take more than they need. The blue jays who
>>> grab dry cat food only take what they can eat and to feed their
>>> babies. I always put out an extra bowl of kitten chow for the blue
>>> jays, however I place it where the crows won't get it.

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>>The blue jays where I am always take more than they need at the moment and
>>cache it for later.
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>>Cheri

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> I've never seen that, There are a few birds that will horde shiny
> objects but I know of no birds that stash food. Birds will eat more
> than they need but it's regurgitated for nestlings.



Then you don't know blue jays like mine, and you're wrong, many birds do.

Cheri