PS -- Be sure to use unsalted peanuts!

On Nov 17, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Robert Pisano wrote:

> Yes. A peanut tray for jays, available at Seattle Audubon Store (and
> elsewhere), is a flat platform with screened bottom, just big enough
> to hold peanuts and for jays to land, but too small for crows to
> "navigate" comfortably.
>
> Works like a charm, and will solve your problem. I promise.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robert Pisano
> Seattle
>
>
> On Nov 17, 2007, at 2:44 PM, William Andersen wrote:
>
>> Tweeters:
>> ?
>> I've thrown a few unshelled peanuts onto a picnic table on my deck
>> early each morning and enjoy watching the jays scoop them up (they
>> don't usually last more than a minute).? But now neighborhood crows
>> have decided to join in the fun?and the jays keep their distance when
>> the bigger birds are present.? Anyone know a way to present peanuts
>> to jays in a way that doesn't invite crows?
>> ?
>> This may not be of general ornithological ?interest, so off-line
>> responses would be OK.? Thanks.
>> ?
>> WRA
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