[NatureNS] bald Blue Jay

Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:31:55 -0300
From: Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
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I have heard from  several people back channel, that this is probably normal molting. I haven't ever seen it quite so thorough a job. Poor bird is totally naked from the shoulders up to the tip of the beak. Other Blue Jays are molting "normally".

Lots of scratching and mites on most birds this year. They are all scratching and fluffing and even rubbing against the frame of the grapevine. I put fine sand in the bird bath and am about to go outside to wash it out and scrub it then refill with sand and water. It sure is getting used a lot. The pan of sand I set on the grass seems to have become a food additive? 
Marg Millard, White Point, Queens,
http://MargMillard@MargMillard.ca

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have heard from&nbsp; several people back 
channel, that this is probably normal molting. I haven't ever seen it quite so 
thorough a job. Poor bird&nbsp;is totally naked from the shoulders up to the tip 
of the beak. Other Blue Jays are molting "normally".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lots of scratching and mites on most birds this 
year. They are all scratching and fluffing and even rubbing against the frame of 
the grapevine. I&nbsp;put fine sand in the bird bath and am about to go outside 
to wash it out and scrub it then refill with sand and water. It sure is getting 
used a lot. The pan of sand I set on the grass seems to have become a food 
additive? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marg Millard, White Point, Queens,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
href="http://MargMillard@MargMillard.ca">http://MargMillard@MargMillard.ca</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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