hi folks ... thanks for all the replies ... the "plot thickens" as
this morning I was watching a Stellers Jay sitting in the tree next
to the suet block yelling (in Stellers language) at the Bushtits
(a.k.a. "Bushtwits" at our place) at the suet ... the Steller's guy
was getting rather agitated looking as he was hopping from branch to
branch ... he then flew into the pine tree about 10 feet away and
disappeared within its depths ... and then came the hawk screech !!!!
... it's effect was electric as the Bushtwits immediately dispersed
... after about 3 screeches all was quiet ... about 3 minutes later I
saw two birds leave that tree and fly off ... one was the Stellers
and the other was about the same size and dark colored but I couldn't
identify it in the trees ...

so ... I'm thinking the culprit just might be the Stellers becuase of
the timing of the screeches this mornng ... and we just didn't see
him the other day when we saw the Scrub Jay sitting there ... the
Stellers BTW has been caught at the suet block so I'm thinking he's
claiming it as his !!! ... LOL !!!!!!!!!

thanks again,
Lyn




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