[NatureNS] Bluejay behaviour

Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 8:41:51 -0400
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I am not an expert but I have seen Bluejays attack & kill and eat fledgeling Robins so yes, I would say it probably was going to eat it.

Gayle MacLean
Dartmouth


---- Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca> wrote: 
> I heard a light thud at one of my windows and on immediately going to 
> investigate, found a bluejay on the deck below the window standing 
> beside a clearly stunned goldfinch. On seeing me, the bluejay 
> immediately picked the goldfinch up by the neck and flew off with it.
> 
> Is this unusual behaviour for a bluejay? Was it taking the goldfinch 
> away to eat it?
> 
> Eleanor Lindsay
> Seabright, St Margarets Bay

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