I have had the usual amount at my feeders this winter (between 5 to 8).
Maybe they moved to the mountains.
Shirley Ford
Emmitsburg, 




> [Original Message]
> From: Patricia Valdata <>
> To: <>
> Date: 3/13/2005 3:45:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] feeder birds
>
> Hi--is anyone else noticing a weird absence of blue jays at their feeder?
> Normally I would have a small flock of them alternating with the smaller
> birds, but this year I can't recall having a single jay stop by to eat.
> Very strange.
>
> Do cardinals chase blue jays? I have many more cardinals than ever before.
>
> --Pat
>
> Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
> "The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
> and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of
gods.
> More than any other thing that pertains to the body
> it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato