From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Dec 15 09:25:46 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBFHO9oM024544 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:24:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f64.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.64]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBFHNawO024503 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:23:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:23:35 -0800 Received: from 64.156.228.89 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:23:34 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.156.228.89] From: "mary keitelman" <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:23:34 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Dec 2002 17:23:35.0183 (UTC) FILETIME=[B2B431F0:01C2A45E] Subject: [SBB] Scrub Jays hiding seeds in the yard X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] hi all, it's the day after a big storm, and the first birds I see in the yard are Scrub Jays, making faster than usual, direct flights to and from the back yard. in a moment I see what their purpose is: they are taking sunflower seeds from the feeder in the backyard and placing them, one by one, in dirt in the side yard. not sure if this is unusual -- in all my years of watching I have never seen it or read of this behavior! Mary Keitelman _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]