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Index of Subjects --000e0cd59d265f0bce04711965aa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi We have at least two "bald headed" blue jays visiting our feeders. We are up on the North Mountain, just north of Berwick. They do indeed look very strange! But apart from the baldness they appear to be perfectly fine. It is difficult to tell whether they are youngsters but we think they probably are. We would be interested to hear if anyone knows anything about why these birds are bald. Sara & Mark, Burlington, King's County On 13/08/2009, Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > 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 <http://margmillard/>@MargMillard.ca > > --000e0cd59d265f0bce04711965aa Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>Hi</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>We have at least two "bald headed" blue jays visiting our fe= eders.=A0 We are up on the North Mountain, just north of Berwick.=A0 They d= o indeed look very strange!=A0 But apart from the baldness they appear to b= e perfectly fine.=A0 It is difficult to tell whether they are youngsters bu= t we think they probably are.</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>We would be interested to hear if anyone knows anything about why thes= e birds are bald.</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Sara & Mark, Burlington, King's County<br><br>=A0</div> <div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 13/08/2009, <b class=3D"gmail_sendernam= e">Marg Millard</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlink.ca">mmillard@ea= stlink.ca</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0= px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">A short while ago, I saw somethi= ng I couldn't identify on the feeder. It was scaring away the fresh you= ng sparrows newly brought out and Momma Sparrow was holding forth very voca= lly as well as spitting at it. The bird, definitely a Blue Jay, was very st= range looking. It is bald from the shoulders up. I ran for the camera and i= n the meantime a few Grackles and a Brown headed cowbird came in and displa= ced the Jay. There is something else about the colouring that I can't q= uite grasp. Maybe it is bald elsewhere.......I am not sure. A very strange = looking creature indeed. =A0I didn't see gooey eyes or sores, but that = viewing was very short. It might be back. Has anyone else seen it in this a= rea?<br> <span class=3D"sg">Marg Millard, White Point in Queens<br><a onclick=3D"ret= urn top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href=3D"http://margmillard/" tar= get=3D"_blank">http://MargMillard</a>@MargMillard.ca <br><br></span></block= quote> </div><br> --000e0cd59d265f0bce04711965aa--
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