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In reply to the discussion: The jay, midwife of the forest [View all]

Warpy

(111,255 posts)
2. Well, they likely weren't sowing the acorns as much as dropping them
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 11:44 PM
Nov 2012

on the way to dining on them. Then again, bird brains are proving to be very nice brains, so I could be wrong.

In any case, their blue US cousins are nasty little things in nesting season, dive bombing animals and small children alike if they are within eyesight of a nest.

Crows, on the other hand, fascinate me. They are remarkably intelligent birds and share my fascination with glitz. Whenever I put some unspinnable fiber out that has glitz in it for nesting birds, the crows are first on the scene.

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