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When I got home from work last Monday evening, my most excellent spouse, Patricia said, “You’ll never guess who came by today!” She was right. About 8:30 Monday morning she had gone into the backyard and saw a scrub jay. The peanut box was already on the patio table so she picked out a couple [...]

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Look at that! This bird has been coming around infrequently for a few months. She (I’m guessing, no way to know) is quite vocal and doesn’t usually stay long. This morning she surprised me and three times took peanuts from my hand. The first time it was preceded by a helicopter approach and retreat, then [...]

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In the Scrub Jays’ absence I have been playing with the two crows, placing peanuts on the fence for them to retrieve once I have retreated to a safe distance. Big Boy almost never approaches these directly. Starting from a perch in the big Eucalyptus tree to the south or the Mulberry tree to the [...]

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First Jay, then Kay, and even Nicky have all stopped visiting. I must admit to being more than a little sad that I no longer see them and just don’t know what has become of them. For a couple of months now, there have been two other birds coming erratically. They sometimes come three days [...]

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The scrub jay morning visits have become rather rare lately. I believe they probably come early when it is cooler. I usually go out to fill the bird feeders around 8:00 AM. Big Bird and his family of crows have been more regular than the jays of late. Last Thursday morning on my way out, [...]

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Nicky Bird is very gradually becoming less reluctant to take peanuts. He seems to be perpetually in a hurry. He doesn’t come as often as Kay, but when he arrives, he skitters to a stop on the glass patio table and cocks his head in every direction looking for the peanuts that I usually hide [...]

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