[Douglbirds] Finches & Jays

[Jerry Raskin]

We are overwhelmed by the number of Lesser Goldfinches still at our thistle. 
However, we have not yet seen Stellars or Scrub Jays.

Jerry and Arlene Raskin
Castle Pines Village
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bird Man" <birdman at birdman-inc.com>
To: <douglbirds at denveraudubon.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: [Douglbirds] Finches & Jays


> As of early last week I have seen virtually no Lesser Gold Finches at my
> thistle feeders.  This summer was great for the number of Lesser Gold
> Finches  at the thistle feeders.  Since moving to Franktown 1988 we have 
> not
> seen this many Lesser Gold Finches.
>
> On another note, the quantity of Scrub Jays and Steller Jays has been 
> great.
> I think I have every Jay in about 1 sq. mile in my yard.  I had a 50# bag 
> of
> Valencia Peanuts in the shell that started hatching grain moths.  I 
> decided
> to get the bag out of my garage and put the entire 50# bag in bushel 
> baskets
> in the front yard.  It took about 30 seconds for the Jays to start coming.
> That was a week ago, and now I think they have called in there extended
> families.
>
> The Jays quickly ran out of there stash places for seed so are trying to
> store them in the most unusual places.  Places such as the end of our
> Ponderosa Pine branches next to the pine cones.  The peanuts don't stay
> there long as when the wind picks up it blows them down.  They soon come
> back to the pine branch to find there stash is gone, squawking like crazy
> (probably screaming "who stole my filet mignon!").  Eventually they find 
> it
> on the ground under the branch and repeat this on another branch.
>
> Pat Brodbent
> Franktown
>
>
>
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