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Index of Subjects We have one of those stick on the window feeders (with suction cups) that tends to be used almost exclusively by chickadees and various finches, while the blue jays mostly tend to stick to the table feeder. Occasionally a blue jay will manage to grab on and steal a seed from the window feeder but it requires a bit of awkward acrobatics so they tend to come to it only as a last resort. Another advantage is that the raccoons and gray squirrels can't get to it. I have been surprised recently to find that one of the male cardinals has actually started coming to the window feeder occasionally. Cheers Jon Percy Granville Ferry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Codling" <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> To: "Nature NS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:20 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Bluejays > Has anyone found a solution to the problem of Bluejays occupying all the > feeders for the months of Sept. & Oct.? We seem to have lost all our > Purple Finch and the Goldfinch, Chickadees, Nuthatches, etc. are having a > lot of trouble getting anything. We put out Grey-striped Sunflower Seed, > which the Bluejays prefer, in a separate feeder to distract them, but > there are so many young Jays that they still prevent the smaller birds > from getting at the other feeders. We are trying hulled, cracked > sunflower seed this year in 2 feeders, because the smaller birds can get > their requirements faster and easier. I thought the Bluejays would prefer > not to store this seed, as it will spoil more easily than the kind with > hull on. But they don't seem to know that. We have also thought of > putting wire cages over our hanging feeders so that the larger birds > cannot get in. This we have not yet managed to do because we haven't > found the right size wire grids to do it ( in that regard, does anyone > know how big a hole the Jays can get through?) > Any suggestions would be appreciated. (I think the time the Jays store > food is nearly over for this year, but maybe we can do something next > year!) > > Lois Codling > L. Sackville
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