Folks

They must all be at my house in Waldorf.  I have had up to 40 individuals 
all winter.  I hope they leave soon since I am on a fixed income now.  Put 
out peanuts and they will  comeback.

Cardinals dare not chase Blue Jays.  I only species I see regularly chase 
them are Red-bellied Woodpeckers.

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Speicher, James (NIH/NIAID)" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Jays vs Cardinals


> Pat Valdata wrote:
> Hi--is anyone else noticing a weird absence of blue jays at their feeder?
>
> Do cardinals chase blue jays? I have many more cardinals than ever before.
> ****************************************************************************
> ********
> I pretty commonly have 3 to 4 Jays at a time when I'm home to notice, but
> Cardinal numbers can be upwards of a dozen or more at a time.  I believe
> Jays would prevail in any competition, although I did have a Cardinal 
> chomp
> down on a finger once many years ago - not an experience I would want to
> repeat :(
>
> I find more noteworthy the absence of Chickadees at my feeders, but that 
> may
> have to do with the removal of a white pine 18 months ago that I think 
> they
> found useful as cover in between flights to the feeder.
>
> I had a pair of W-B nuthatches at the feeder yesterday.  They are always a
> pleasure to see and a pair was a nice bonus...
>
> Jim Speicher
> Jspeicher-at-niaid.nih.gov
> Rockville @work :(
> Broad Run_S. FRED Co @home :)
>