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Re: Jays vs Cardinals

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Patricia Valdata

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:50:55 -0500

We have plenty of crows in northern Cecil County. I saw a group of
them shredding bags in an open dumpster this afternoon.

I also was surprised the first time I realized that crows, not dogs,
were tearing open our trash cans. They're certainly clever.

At 05:15 PM 3/13/2005, you wrote:
>I think that jays, like crows and other corvids, have been more 
>susceptible to the West Nile Virus.
>There's been a noticeable decrease in our suburban neighborhood jays and 
>crows over the past
>couple years.
>
>Our trio of neighborhood crows were quite adept at tearing open 
>unprotected garbage bags to
>look for food - I used to think it was neighborhood dogs or raccoons until 
>I saw the crows in the
>act one morning. While I don't miss the shredded trash bags, I do miss my 
>conversations with
>them, and watching their antics in our trees and at the feeder.
>
>Mary LaMarca, Silver Spring, 

--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