[texbirds] Re: Blue Jays and west Nile
- From: "Mark Klym" <Mark.Klym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jwilbur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 09:35:32 -0500
I have several Blue Jays visiting my feeders. They appear quite healthy.
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Subject: [texbirds] Re: Blue Jays and west Nile
Several Blue Jays are present and appear quite healthy on the State Capitol
grounds today and for the past several weeks.
Jay Wilbur
Austin
On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:03:52 -0500 Texbirds Maillist , Dan Smith
<dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In central Austin, I have not heard a jay or a crow in at least 3
weeks.
Dan Smith
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On Sep 5, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Joseph Kennedy <josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
<http://mailto:josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
I have uploaded a couple of pictures of a blue jay sick with
west nile. It was sitting on my balcony rail and let me walk up to within a few
yards before I backed up. I am not even sure if it knew I was there.
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/145867862
As I got closer, it appeared to be alert and looking for food
on the balcony. However, there was no food and never is and normal birds always
go to the other end. I did wave a foot a little to see if it would notice but
there was no apparent recognition of the motion.
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/145867863
http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/145867862
The plumage is not real neat and there appears to be a problem
around the vent which I have not noticed before.
If there had been some dog food down there it could well have
dropped down and picked up a piece. At this stage or a little later it would
pick up the food to carry it off to a branch. It would not know how to take off
but could get fly after falling off the balcony and could land on a branch.
Back in 2002 when WNV arrived I saw several drop dead in
mid-air while leaving with food in the beak. They had to fly much further then.
There are only a couple of my local birds left. Two flocks do
come for food from areas away from the bayou to the east and the southwest. The
southwest birds chased a cooper's hawk today that was out hunting.
An adult broad-winged hawk tried to take a sick bird last week
when we had north winds but missed. It then had fun banging beaks with the hawk
in the window glass a few times before I startled it off the balcony rail. It
did not go far as when I came home a little later there was a pile of jay
feathers under where the hawk had liked to perch.
No crows seen or heard for a month until this morning when a
family group passed through heading south. They checked out an oak for acorns
and then went up and migrated. At least if they were hawks at Smith Point, I
would say that they migrated but one never know with crows.
--
Joseph C. Kennedy
on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
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