Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!sequent!brian
From: brian@sequent.UUCP (Brian Godfrey)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Stellars Jays
Message-ID: <3355@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 88 23:11:36 GMT
Reply-To: brian@sequent.UUCP (Brian Godfrey)
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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   There are some Stellars jays nesting in a tree near my house. I can 
   occasionally see a tail sticking out of the nest, but I think that
   they are gone a lot of the time. Unfortunately most of the nest is
   blocked from my sight by a small branch. I would like to remove the
   branch so I can see the birds better, especially after they hatch, 
   but I don't want to scare them away. I was wondering; do they really
   leave the nest unattended from time to time or am I just not able to
   see them at times? (They could scrunch down or re-orient themselves 
   and be hidden behind the branch.) If they do take off for a while and
   I go up to cut the branch will they be close enough to freak out or
   do they range pretty far? I realize these are vague questions, but I
   know little about them other than that they are noisy and blue.
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--Brian M. Godfrey
  Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
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