At 09:07 AM 2/20/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Yesterday I heard a Red-tailed Hawk screaming in the trees down the
>street from my house but when I located it, I found it was small,
>crested, and blue. In short it was a Jay doing a perfect imitation of a
>Red-tail. I presume it was a Steller's Jay.....

Hi Jim!

Yes, it was a Stellers. I have one that does this outside my bedroom window
every morning. It still startles me because we have red tail who circles
overhead as well! They do a great job of immitating a hawk, don't they!?

Peggi



Peggi Rodgers
peggir at ori.org
Eugene, OR
"A bird does not sing because it has an
answer, It sings because it has a song"