From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Dec 23 15:39:22 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBNNa7oK014541 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:36:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from borg.inreach.com (mail.unlimited.net [209.142.2.67]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with SMTP id gBNNZOwO014503 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:35:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 4650 invoked by uid 504); 23 Dec 2002 23:35:24 -0000 Received: from [[email protected]] by borg.inreach.com by uid 501 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (f-prot: 3.12. Clear:. Processed in 0.638731 secs); 23 Dec 2002 23:35:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?209.209.18.90?) (209.209.18.90) by borg.inreach.com with SMTP; 23 Dec 2002 23:35:23 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:05:21 -0800 To: "mary keitelman" <[[email protected]]>, [[email protected]] From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Scrub Jays hiding seeds in the yard Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" 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]] Mary- I don't know whether you are surprised by the sunflower seeds or the Jay's behavior. Anyway, Jays store seeds and other chunks of food in the "dirt". Scrub Jays are the major planters of oaks. Pinion Jays store pinion pine seeds. Many other species such as chickdees and nuthatches store sunflower seeds in crevices. Just making sure they get through the tough weather. Ruth Troetschler ------------- At 5:23 PM +0000 12/15/02, mary keitelman wrote: >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/rebugging%40batnet.com > >This email sent to [[email protected]] -- _______________________________________________ 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]]