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Index of Subjects --001a113641063c34c304efa21534 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 No vultures of any sort yet...I'll keep folks posted. The Blue Jays undoubtedly eat the fat, just like they eat the suet. However, they are eating the meat as well. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 9 January 2014 16:43, <darrell@abolitphotos.ca> wrote: > > > > > Our Gray Jays had the name Meat Jays once apon a time out here in the > country and if you found yourself around a small flock in the woods you > could be near a carcass. Blue Jays love fat, might be just eating that off > the carcasses. > > > > Any Black Vultures show up this year? > > > > Darrell > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:44:56 -0400, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > wrote: > > All, > > I've started putting carcasses out again this winter, primarily to feed > the eagles and ravens, but crows and sometimes hawks and more come in as > well. In the many years of me doing this, I can count on one hand how many > times I've seen Blue Jays feed from the carcasses. This year, they're > preferring the carcasses to the seeds at times. Very odd. I wonder if Blue > Jays "from away" have come in and taught my BJs to eat the meat? On my last > Project Feederwatch ( > http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/pfw/index.jsp?lang=EN&targetpg=index) > count, I had 40 BJs...in the summer I might have 1/4 that. > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > > > > > --001a113641063c34c304efa21534 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">No vultures of any sort yet...I'll keep folks posted.<= div><br></div><div>The Blue Jays undoubtedly eat the fat, just like they ea= t the suet. However, they are eating the meat as well.</div><div><br></div> <div>Randy</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div>___= ______________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Anti= gonish County, NS.</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9 January 2014 16:43, <span dir=3D"l= tr"><<a href=3D"mailto:darrell@abolitphotos.ca" target=3D"_blank">darrel= l@abolitphotos.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote= " style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><p>=A0</p> <p>=A0</p> <p>Our Gray Jays had the name Meat Jays once apon a time out here in the country=A0and if you found yourself around=A0a small flock in the=A0woods y= ou could be near a carcass. Blue Jays love fat, might be just eating that off the carcasses.</p> <p>=A0</p> <p>Any Black Vultures show up this year?</p> <p>=A0</p> <p>Darrell</p> <p>=A0</p> <p>------------------------------------</p><div><div class=3D"h5"> <p>=A0</p> <p><br><br>On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:44:56 -0400, Randy Lauff <<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">randy.lauff@= gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></p> <blockquote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;BORDER-LEFT:rgb(0,0,0= ) 2px solid;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;MARGIN-RIGHT:0px" dir=3D"ltr"> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr">All, <div><br></div> <div>I've started putting carcasses out again this winter, primarily to= feed the eagles and ravens, but crows and sometimes hawks and more come in as well. = In the many years of me doing this, I can count on one hand how many times I&#= 39;ve seen Blue Jays feed from the carcasses. This year, they're preferring t= he carcasses to the seeds at times. Very odd. I wonder if Blue Jays "from= away" have come in and taught my BJs to eat the meat? On my last Project Feederwa= tch (<a href=3D"http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/pfw/index.jsp?lang=3DEN&ta= rgetpg=3Dindex" target=3D"_blank">http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/pfw/inde= x.jsp?lang=3DEN&targetpg=3Dindex</a>) count, I had 40 BJs...in the summer I might have 1/4 that.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Randy<br clear=3D"all"><div>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div></div></div></blockquote> <p><br><br></p> <p>=A0</p> <p><br></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --001a113641063c34c304efa21534--
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