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- From: patth@panix.com (Patt Bromberger)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens,rec.birds
- Subject: Re: Birds in the garden
- Summary: Bold Birds
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.182315.14390@panix.com>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 18:23:15 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.143234.25317@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec23.143234.25317@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller) writes:
- >> [deleted]
- >>
- >>Be warned that while it's very gratifying to have jays take
- >>peanuts out of your hand, it won't be long before they're
- >>demanding peanuts morning, noon, and night.
- >
- >He is in Minnesota, if I remember correctly, so he'll have neither Steller
- >nor Scrub jays, only Blue jays and possibly Grey jays. The Greys are like
- >Scrub jays; very bold. Bluejays however are quite timid.
- >
- >>Humans are SO trainable!
- >
- >Ain't that the truth!
-
- Ha! I loved your comment about BlueJays being "quite timid" and I
- have an ex-father-in-law that would heartily debate that issue with
- you :-)
-
- Amusing anecdote: one spring weekend my father-in-law decided that
- the bluejays weren't going to next in the eaves of "his" garage so he
- climbed a ladder and with a broom swept their next away and the birds
- were having a fit, making all sorts of noises, etc.
-
- Well, they relocated at the end of the driveway in a HUGE tree and
- ** every single day ** when my father-in-law would exit the back door
- of the house leading from the kitchen to the driveway/garage, those
- bluejays would dive bomb him!
-
- Eventually he got this huge umbrella and half the neighborhood was
- hysterical watching this guy come out of the house on a sunny day and
- open an umbrella just to be able to get to his garage or into his car
- without being attacked by these bluejays!
-
- P.S. They never bothered anyone else in the family; we were all
- amused by their behavior but I can assure you that my
- father-in-law didn't think they were charming at all. :-)
-
- >
-
-
- --
- Patricia Ann Bromberger patth@panix.com
- This quote borrowed from: Gary.Petraccaro@f12.n2610.z1.fidonet.org
- ... "It matters not so much what you sing, but why..." J.S. Bach
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