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MS";color:blue'>John<o:p></o:p></span --Apple-Mail-1--777551268 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi John, Blue Jay courting is indeed starting now, and males feeding females =20 is part of that. Hitch is, the jays are still in loose flocks that are ranging widely, =20= even though many of the flock members are mated pairs. Plus there's a =20= small portion of jays that are migratory, and will still be moving up =20= to late April. So best bet is to wait until then to write the "D". Or =20= better yet, just wait for those noisy fledglings. Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:46 AM, John Kearney wrote: > This Blue Jay behaviour raises for me an interesting question in =20 > terms of =93breeding status=94 for the Bird Atlas. For example, I see =20= > Blue Jays (presumably males) offering food to other Blue Jays =20 > (presumably females), long before their breeding period as defined =20 > in the Atlas documents. Does this behaviour rate a =93D=94 status even = =20 > when it is performed in March? Or do the Blue Jays establish pairs =20 > outside, possibly far outside, their breeding territory. The Atlas =20 > documents indicate that the breeding period of Blue Jays begins in =20 > the last week of April. > > John > > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Laviolette, Lance (EXP) > Sent: March 10, 2008 10:52 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Bird behavior question > > > > Hi Fritz, > > > > While I haven't come across another description of Blue Jays =20 > performing this 'head down' behaviour, it is a known threat display =20= > of Semipalmated Sandpipers. Since this is the time of year when =20 > Blue Jays start to perform their social displays, you've probably =20 > witnessed a dominance display taking place along these lines. I've =20 > had up to 35 Blue Jays in my apple tree for the last two weeks, =20 > bopping their heads and calling, perhaps males trying to convince =20 > females to ignore the mountains of snow in this area and begin =20 > mating and nest building. I don't think the females are falling for =20= > it... > > > > All the best, > > > > Lance > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D > Lance Laviolette > Glen Robertson, Ontario > > lance.laviolette@lmco.com > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D > > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-=20 > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Fritz McEvoy > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:24 AM > To: NATURE, NS > Subject: [NatureNS] Bird behavior question > > Hi All, > While watching two Blue Jays squabble yesterday I noted a =20 > behaviour that I hadn't observed before. Both birds stopped =20 > fighting and placed their heads, opposite each other, flat on the =20 > surface of my deck where the dispute was taking place. They =20 > repeated this action a few times holding the position for a few =20 > seconds each time. One bird then flew off and the remaining bird =20 > did the action one more time before leaving. > Has anyone ever seen this behaviour? What was the meaning of =20 > this odd behaviour? All the best. > Fritz McEvoy > Sunrise Valley CB > > Snap and Share. =46rom your phone to your space. Post your pics = here. > > --Apple-Mail-1--777551268 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi John,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Blue Jay courting is indeed = starting now, and males feeding females is part of that.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hitch is, the jays are = still in loose flocks that are ranging widely, even though many of the = flock members are mated pairs. Plus there's a small portion of jays that = are migratory, and will still be moving up to late April. So best bet is = to wait until then to write the "D". Or better yet, just wait for those = noisy fledglings.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV>Andy = Horn</DIV><DIV>Halifax</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:46 = AM, John Kearney wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"City"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"State"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE = namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name=3D"place"><DIV class=3D"Section1"><P class=3D"MsoNormal"><FONT = size=3D"2" color=3D"blue" face=3D"Comic Sans MS"><SPAN = style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" comic=3D"" sans=3D"" = ms";color:blue;=3D"" color:=3D"" rgb(0,=3D"" 0,=3D"" 255);=3D"" = font-size:=3D"" 13.3333px;=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: = 13.3333px; ">This Blue Jay behaviour raises for me an interesting = question in terms of =93breeding status=94 for the Bird Atlas. For = example, I see Blue Jays (presumably males) offering food to other Blue = Jays (presumably females), long before their breeding period as defined = in the Atlas documents. Does this behaviour rate a =93D=94 status even = when it is performed in March? Or do the Blue Jays establish pairs = outside, possibly far outside, their breeding territory. The Atlas = documents indicate that the breeding period of Blue Jays begins in the = last week of April.</SPAN><O:P style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 255); = font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 13.3333px; = "></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=3D"Ms