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The buggers get all my filberts every year. They snag them before they are ready and then leave a trail between the nut tree and the cedar tree a hundred or so feet away. If they are going to pick them they should at least eat them too. The jack wagons!
Welllll Bob, According to allaboutbirds.org there's only a Red-winged Blackbird and no tri-colored BB, even though the red winged thing does have a yellow band as well as the red.
They are noisy. I love it when they cuss me out while I go outside and fill the feeder. They yell at me the whole time, and I'm thinking "Just who do you think buys the birdfeed dummy!"
The best one I've see is a Stellar Jay that learned to imitate a Hawk. We've got a lot of Redtail Hawks around here, so they're pretty common. One day I here the "Scree! Scree!" of a Hawk. All the birds scatter, except for this Jay on top of the shed. I'm watching him thinking "You're going to get eaten fool!" when I hear the noise again, and notice his mouth moving in time to the noise. Yep, it was coming from him. The other birds scatter, then he flys to the feeder and has his choice of the food. Worked pretty well.
I always wondered what happened when there was a real hawk nearby. He'd say "Scree!" and the hawk flies over and says "Yes? What do you want?" D'oh! Never saw that happen, but always wondered if it did.
A few mornings ago I was tossing up (unsalted) peanuts on our roof. The Stellar Jays and the Scrub Jays were HILLARIOUS to watch. They would try and grab two at a time while being dive bombed.
Wonderful capture of one of my favorite local birds.
Welllll Bob, According to allaboutbirds.org there's only a Red-winged Blackbird and no tri-colored BB, even though the red winged thing does have a yellow band as well as the red.
A few mornings ago I was tossing up (unsalted) peanuts on our roof. The Stellar Jays and the Scrub Jays were HILLARIOUS to watch. They would try and grab two at a time while being dive bombed.
Wonderful capture of one of my favorite local birds.
I watched a crow unzip the pocket of a lifejacket on the Grand Canyon and then steal the candy bar and fly away with it. They are the worst camp robbers anywhere.
I was reading a newly published book on birds (wife is a bit of a birder) which said a certain bird was never seen in this area. It claimed the nearest area was many hundreds of miles away. I read this as I was watching half a dozen of them attack our bird feeders.
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