From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Apr 25 15:02:14 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3PLxFGs023152 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.inreach.com (smtp.inreach.com [209.142.2.34]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i3PLufAg023035 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 18073 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2004 21:56:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?209.209.19.133?) (209.209.19.133) by smtp.inreach.com with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 21:56:38 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <042320041737.26700.4089547600072FCF0000684C2200750744FFC99A938B8B96938D@c omcast.net> References: <042320041737.26700.4089547600072FCF0000684C2200750744FFC99A938B8B96938D@c omcast.net> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:54:04 -0700 To: [[email protected]], [[email protected]] (South-Bay-Birds) From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Scrub-Jay Feeding Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Cc: X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , 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 Randy & all-- I have never seen a jay kill an adult bird, but young fledglings are at serious risk. Last year a jay spotted a pair of bush tits at they were building their nest, and they immediately abandoned the effort. Birds in general need protein to feed their young. That is the only time I see California Towhees catching caterpillars and fetching food from our lard/peanut feeder to carry to babies. Ruth Troetschler At 5:37 PM +0000 4/23/04, [[email protected]] wrote: >I have a question to those in the group. Since both observations of >this behavior was in the spring, is that coincidence or do Jays eat >meat more in the spring or possible use meat to feed young. (Kind >of in the same vein as Hummingbirds taking small flying insects to >feed their young in spring.) Or do they do it just to add variety >to their diets? Any ideas? >-- >Randy Little, >Milpitas, CA >[[email protected]] > >"I bird because the voices in my >head tell me to." > >Question: If you don't pay your >exorcist, do you get >repossessed? > >_______________________________________________ >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]]