I enjoy watching my jays come to the peanut feeder when it's empty. They quickly go & pull the nuts out of their hiding places. It's quite entertaining! Manon Van Schoyck Licking County www.ohionature.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Richards" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 9:21 AM Subject: [Ohio-birds] Unusual Blue Jay Activity > I've been putting out peanuts for the local Blue Jays > and they disappear quickly. Now I know why. I > watched as one Blue Jay took every peanut, one at a > time, and quickly buried them in the middle of my > backyard (no small task since we've had no rain). I > didn't see him eat even one. Either he's very clever > to keep them all for a later meal, or he's very dumb > since we have quite a few squirrels in the area who > could surely find them in the ground. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]