[NatureNS] bald Blue Jay

Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:50:26 -0300
From: Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
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A short while ago, I saw something I couldn't identify on the feeder. It was 
scaring away the fresh young sparrows newly brought out and Momma Sparrow 
was holding forth very vocally as well as spitting at it. The bird, 
definitely a Blue Jay, was very strange looking. It is bald from the 
shoulders up. I ran for the camera and in the meantime a few Grackles and a 
Brown headed cowbird came in and displaced the Jay. There is something else 
about the colouring that I can't quite grasp. Maybe it is bald 
elsewhere.......I am not sure. A very strange looking creature indeed.  I 
didn't see gooey eyes or sores, but that viewing was very short. It might be 
back. Has anyone else seen it in this area?
Marg Millard, White Point in Queens
http://MargMillard@MargMillard.ca 


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