On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:31:24 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/12/2017 11:05 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:28:39 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>> We have the Steller's Jay, a handsome bird, here in the northwest
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_jay
>> Janet US
>>
>Steller jays are very pretty! Of course you got my point: Sheldon can't
>speak for the habits of all the different blue jays. I don't know what
>the cardinals do with the sunflower seeds they carry off. They eat some
>right there, they carry some away. In the spring they have hatchlings
>to feed, but not in the winter. Perhaps they're stashing some away for
>later.
>
>Jill

I just wanted to brag up our Steller's Jays. We were lucky enough one
summer into fall to have a pair use my deck and deck trees for a
hangout.
Janet US