On 8/12/2017 1:40 AM, Cheri wrote:
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>> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:26:44 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
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>>> > wrote in message
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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:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> The blue jays where I am always take more than they need at the
>>> moment and
>>> cache it for later.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> 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.
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> Then you don't know blue jays like mine, and you're wrong, many birds do.
>
> Cheri
There are a lot of different kinds of blue jays. Seems like on the west
coast they're mostly scrub jays. The eastern jays I see are like this:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue_Jay/id
Having said that, when I scatter seed and in-the-shell peanuts for the
birds in the *winter* I often see a blue jay fly off with sunflower
seeds or a peanut. I can't say for sure whether they stash them or eat
them. I do know there aren't any nestlings for them to feed in December
and January.
The only critters that hoard shiny objects around here are raccoons. I
had a very nice bird feeder that hung from three chains joined by an
S-hook at the top. One morning I got up and the feeder was down on the
ground. The S-hook was there but the chains were gone! I kept
picturing little gangs of raccoons carrying chains, maybe reenacting a
scene from 'West Side Story'. LOL
Jill