[obol] Western Scrub-Jay Caching Peanuts
- From: Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:17:55 -0800
We have a neighbor who puts out whole un-shelled peanuts. Not sure if she
is feeding birds or squirrels. Nonetheless, we regularly have WESTERN
SCRUB-JAYs using the edge of our roof and gutters to break the shells, but
today I found one caching the whole peanut in our lawn. The Western
Scrub-Jay hopped around looking for a suitable location, testing as many as
six crevices before finding a suitable one. After carefully placing the
whole peanut beneath the grass, the bird then painstakingly selected 5
individual leaves and arranged them one at time concealing its cache.
I was not aware of this behavior before today.
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Jack Williamson
West Linn, Oregon
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