I believe steller's jays do, do this. But I'm not sure if it's as often as
the scrub jays. I know crows do that as well.



Blake Iverson
Arlington, WA
coopershwk at hotmail.com




>From: Guy McWethy <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com
>To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Stellar's Jay Mob!
>Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:25:07 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Looked out the kitchen window this AM to a mass of
>seething dark Blue!! There were between 11 and 13
>(hard to count exactly!) Stellar's Jays below, around,
>and on my bird feeder! I've never seen such a large
>group around here! Quite the sight!
>Does anyone know if the young from last year would
>still be hanging around with their parents? Was this
>maybe several family groups that just happened to
>gather together for a short time at my feeder? There
>did not seem to be any territorial squabbling going
>on. Does anyone know if Stellar's exhibit the same
>group nesting behaviour (older sibs help parents raise
>the next brood the following year) as Mexican Jays and
>Florida Scrub Jays?
>Whatever the reason, it was quite amazing!
>Guy, Renton
>
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