Subject: [Tweeters] oh hey, stellar observations on Steller Jays
Date: Fri May 11 09:05:27 PDT 2018
From: Ingrid Ossanna - taiona at comcast.net

My observation on Steller Jays comes from the following experience.  I
have lived at this location  (very rural) for a quarter century, feeding
my bird friends all along.  Numbers across all species have increased
this year, including Steller Jays.  For more than a week there has not
been a single Steller, not one.  That is worthy of note in my book.  I
appreciate the various input and speculation on this matter, including
the correction on my spelling of Steller Jay, from all the boys in the
crowd for your stellar observations.  I hope the Stellers have just gone
silent as my friend Bob Boekelheide in Sequim has observed in his kindly
post (see below).

Ingrid Ossanna

Hello, Ingrid,

Steller Jays become surprisingly quiet and secretive during the breeding
season.  When they're nesting, they are very quiet near their nests.
When they're foraging, they skulk through the woods looking for nest
sites of other birds with eggs and chicks to eat.  We've found Steller's
nest sites at RR Bridge Park near Sequim and the birds were totally
quiet -; you wouldn't know they were there, if you didn't see them come
and go.

Hope this helps,
Bob Boekelheide
Sequim