[obol] Steller's Jay interesting nestbuilding
- From: "Robert O'Brien" <baro@xxxxxxx>
- To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 21:20:29 -0700
A Steller's Jay was gathering twigs for a
nest today in my front yard.
With dozens of tree species (wild
and cultivated) and 1000's
of trees nearby (including many normal,
wild filberts) it choose live twigs from a
small, contorted filbert tree; the only one
around. Since they were live twigs they
required considerable
tussling and tugging to remove. It took
a beakful at a time.
Interesting that it appears to like these
contorted twigs, and logically they would
weave together more strongly than
straight twigs. A logical Jay i guess.
Undoubtedly, evolution in action.
Bob OBrien
Carver OR
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