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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-101-857978820 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I was looking over my Project Feederwatch data for the last 2.5 years.=20= The only time there were more than 5 was on one occasion where there=20 were 9 at our feeder. Over the same period the most crows we ever had=20 at one time was 6 Pat On Jan 6, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Brian Bartlett wrote: > Here in West End Halifax I find=A0it's common to see Blue Jays alone = or=20 > in pairs, and even more often to hear them, but less common to see=20 > them in larger groups -- such as half a dozen=A0close together I saw a=20= > few days ago, without binoculars so I couldn't tell if there was a mix=20= > of adults and juveniles. While I've had so little luck with backyard=20= > feeders that I've given up on them (having two outdoor cats is no=20 > help), I wonder if those with feeders are accustomed to seeing larger=20= > groups of Blue Jays. I've read that all members of the Corvid family=20= > gather at least in small groups, but I'm wondering how large groups of=20= > Blue Jays get. Surely nothing like mobs of Crows -- but how much=20 > larger than 1/2 dozen? > Thanks for any observations. > Brian Patrick Kelly RR#2 159 Town Road Falmouth NS B0P 1L0 Canada --Apple-Mail-101-857978820 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 I was looking over my Project Feederwatch data for the last 2.5 years. The only time there were more than 5 was on one occasion where there were 9 at our feeder. Over the same period the most crows we ever had at one time was 6 Pat On Jan 6, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Brian Bartlett wrote: <excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Here in West End Halifax I find=A0it's common to see Blue Jays alone or in pairs, and even more often to hear them, but less common to see them in larger groups -- such as half a dozen=A0close together I saw a few days ago, without binoculars so I couldn't tell if there was a mix of adults and juveniles. While I've had so little luck with backyard feeders that I've given up on them (having two outdoor cats is no help), I wonder if those with feeders are accustomed to seeing larger groups of Blue Jays. I've read that all members of the Corvid family gather at least in small groups, but I'm wondering how large groups of Blue Jays get. Surely nothing like mobs of Crows -- but how much larger than 1/2 dozen?</smaller></fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Thanks for any = observations.</smaller></fontfamily> <fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Brian </smaller></fontfamily></excerpt><fontfamily><param>Courier</param> Patrick Kelly RR#2 159 Town Road Falmouth NS B0P 1L0 Canada</fontfamily> --Apple-Mail-101-857978820--
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