Re: [SBB] Stellar Jays nesting in foothills

["Chuq Von Rospach" <[[email protected]]>]

Just as an FYI -- I spent a few days in Yosemite at Wawona in late
April, and as it happened, the building my room was in had a Stellar's
Jay nest.

(for those curious, you can see the nest in a picture here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chuqui/484988798/
)

Reason I mention this is that the Jay in that nest had already laid
and was sitting when I was there, and that was two weeks ago. Maybe
I'm making an unsafe assumption, but I would have assumed that at the
higher altitude that breeding would have been later than down here
towards sea level, not far ahead...



On 5/10/07, Lisa Myers <[[email protected]]> wrote:
> I just had to share -
>
> Ruth's posting inspired me to post.
>
> For four days now I have been watching a pair of
> STELLAR JAYS build their nest above my office window
> in the Saratoga foothills. Both working equally as
> hard.
>
> They selected a beam that sticks out of the side of
> the house and under the roof line.  They pulled weeds,
> gathered string, came up with a clothes line and
> grasses etc. and have built quite a large nest.  From
> below it looks to be about 15 inches across.
>
> Now they are going off to some distant spot to gather
> mud.  (There is no running water near the nest)
>
> Both have been nearly silent through this process, but
> from my desk I can hear them at times as they softly
> chatter to each other when they find themselves at the
> nest together. Who would have thought that Stellars
> could whisper!
>
> This is just the beginning as the cloacal kissing, egg
> laying, incubation and chick rearing are next!
>
> Lisa Myers
>
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> http://www.letsgobirding.com
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>
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>
>
>
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-- 
Chuq Von Rospach
([[email protected]]; http://chuqui.typepad.com)

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