Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!emx.utexas.edu!star2.cm.utexas.edu!david From: david@star2.cm.utexas.edu (David Sigeti) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Hand-feeding wild birds Message-ID: Date: 27 Nov 90 18:20:32 GMT References: <135667@pyramid.pyramid.com> <4280@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Distribution: rec.birds Organization: University of Texas at Austin Lines: 36 In-reply-to: jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU's message of 27 Nov 90 03:00:00 GMT In article <4280@idunno.Princeton.EDU> jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Kin Wah Lee) writes: In article <14182@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters) writes: >Since chickadees seem to be much in the news, what (if any) other >bird species, particularly Eastern US species, can be hand fed in >the wild by a patient person? And in response, sandra@pyrtech.pyramid.com (Sandra Macika) writes: >Blue Jays. If you want to extend your range further north, I also cast a vote for the Grey (or Canada) Jay, found predominantly throughout the boreal forests of Canada. And when you're not looking, they may also raid your campsite! jim Two years ago last August, my father and I were going for a hike in the Washington Cascades. When we got to the alpine lake that was our goal, we stopped in a grove of Douglas fir to have our lunch. I sat on a rock but my father sat on the ground with his back against a fir and his legs stretched out in front of him. The grey jays appeared almost immediately. Although we weren't feeding them, they were very bold. I have no doubt that they would have fed out of our hands since they seemed intent on getting our food out of our hands whether we offered it or not. The funniest encounter between man and jay occurred when a jay flew down and perched right on my father's boot--- while his foot was in it. Apparently, with my father's legs stretched out in front of him, the jay considered his foot to be far enough away from his more active parts to be a safe perch. -- David Sigeti david@star2.cm.utexas.edu cmhl265@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu