We are also trained to feed them peanuts; and, they have learned to
hover under our suet feeder long enough to get a chunk. Its amusing to
watch a Jay trying to be a hummingbird.

Jane
Jane Stewart
Research Center
Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC
206.447.4400 t
206.749.2049 f
stewj at foster.com

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>From: Dean Wampler[SMTP:dean at amc.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 1997 4:56PM
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: Blue Jays in E. Washington
>
>Deb Beutler wrote:
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>> I have always been taught that the Blue and Steller's Jays were
>> ...
>> On the subject of food, I know they love peanuts. When I had three
>> visiting my yard in Albion (near Pullman) for the winter, they would eat
>>all
>> of the peanuts then leave. In Kansas, they would eat sunflower seeds as
>> well as peanuts. I don't remember they using the suet. The ones that stay
>> in Moscow seem to prefer peanuts at feeders.
>
>I'll say they love peanuts. They've got us trained. Each morning a few show
>up on our deck rail. They bang their beaks on the rail and wait patiently
>(usually) until a handful of peanuts fly out the door. It works!
>
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>Dean dean at amc.com
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