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Today as I was filling my bird feeders I got to thinking about the fact that I haven't seen a blue jay since last fall. These birds usually stick around through the winter and were constant visitors to my bird feeders, but now they have become conspicuous by their absence.


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Since the west nile virus went through our area, we've had very few, but see them on occasion.


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we have a half dozen of them here, in fact I filled their feeder
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two days ago,

its a great feeder but 6 Jays will empty it in 5 hours. and peanuts can be on the pricy side.

its kinda fun to hang it in the middle of a 90 foot wire and watch the squirrels , flip , flop and scurry , upside down to get to the peanuts





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Still here in Maryland.

We have one hanging out near our feeders and grabbing whatever the finches drop from the ground, mostly.

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I have them here in north Texas. Usually two or three at a time.
 
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Hardly any in my area, south central Virginia.

Did not see any at my feeders all winter.


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I get 6 or 7 hitting my squirrel feeder for peanuts and oiled sunflower seeds. It's funny when the woodpecker comes and the jays scatter.


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None here in Carolina this year. More Cardinals however, than the Vatican Wink


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The Jays and the Crows seem to be coming back in the DC area after West Nile almost wiped out populations a few years ago. I noticed the impact on the crows more than the jays, but that's because there are so many more of them.
 
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Seeing several in Louisville area.


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Have 3 coming to my feeders every day or so
 
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My wife maintains a feeder and we've seen one or two blue jays here in central-eastern NC. What we haven't seen for a number of years until this year were mourning doves. There used to be quite a few around and then they disappeared, like all the insects. I can count on one had the number of bees I've seen in the last two years and we have quite a few flowers around. A couple of mourning doves are back but the insects are not.
 
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I have two. They have a long running dispute with my cat. None of them will comment on it.


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They are here (more than in past years) in a battle with the Brown Thrashers (more than in the past years)...who battle with the Mocking Birds (my money is on the Mocking Birds...if they were the size of hawks, we would have to kill them all for mankind to survive Big Grin)...I have reached an agreement with the Mocking Birds, I no longer approach the tree they nest in...they no longer flog me Big Grin


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Blue Jay #11

We have plenty in Iowa.


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I've got a red-wing black bird in my feeder as I type, but get the occasional Jay waiting his turn.
 
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chuckwall, if that is a bird picture that you took , you need to post additional bird pic's over in the gallery section , Please





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Originally posted by bendable:
chuckwall, if that is a bird picture that you took , you need to post additional bird pic's over in the gallery section , Please


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Where are the blue jays (the bird)?

Go squirrel hunting. The rude, noisy little bastards will find you.


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