This may seem mundane to everyone who is up at Magee oogling warblers, but I'm watching on of my neighborhood blue jays strip fibers from last year's milkweed stalks for nesting material.  I've also seen Baltimore orioles do this so for the past several years I've left the stalks in my flower beds until mid-June in spite of their unsightlyness!
 
Mary Huey
from my office with a view!
Willoughby, Ohio
 

______________________________________________________________________

Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.

You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]