On the difficulty of taming birds....

Larry Sheldon

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Jan 1, 2010, 9:04:19 PM1/1/10

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maryann kolb

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Jan 2, 2010, 8:47:00 AM1/2/10

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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:04:19 -0600, Larry Sheldon
<lfsh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=217153

That looks like a Florida Scrub Jay. I told you they were
approachable! ;-)

Mary Ann

Larry Sheldon

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Jan 2, 2010, 8:57:42 AM1/2/10

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California Scrub Jays will approach you--steal food you are eating out
of your hand.

Can you tell which coast that critter is from?

Larry Sheldon

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Jan 2, 2010, 8:59:27 AM1/2/10

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On 1/2/2010 7:57 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
> On 1/2/2010 7:47 AM, maryann kolb wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:04:19 -0600, Larry Sheldon
>> <lfsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=217153
>>
>>
>> That looks like a Florida Scrub Jay. I told you they were
>> approachable! ;-)
>
> California Scrub Jays will approach you--steal food you are eating out
> of your hand.
>
> Can you tell which coast that critter is from?

Looking at the bird, I can't, but the background foliage says
"Everglades" to me.

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Rick

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Jan 2, 2010, 6:26:40 PM1/2/10

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Larry Sheldon wrote:
> On 1/2/2010 7:47 AM, maryann kolb wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:04:19 -0600, Larry Sheldon
>> <lfsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=217153
>>
>>
>> That looks like a Florida Scrub Jay. I told you they were
>> approachable! ;-)
>
> California Scrub Jays will approach you--steal food you are eating out
> of your hand.
>
> Can you tell which coast that critter is from?
>

So will Gray Jays. It is an interesting phenomenon.

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Larry Sheldon

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Jan 2, 2010, 6:56:44 PM1/2/10

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On 1/2/2010 5:26 PM, Rick wrote:
> Larry Sheldon wrote:
>> On 1/2/2010 7:47 AM, maryann kolb wrote:
>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:04:19 -0600, Larry Sheldon
>>> <lfsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=217153
>>>
>>> That looks like a Florida Scrub Jay. I told you they were
>>> approachable! ;-)
>>
>> California Scrub Jays will approach you--steal food you are eating out
>> of your hand.
>>
>> Can you tell which coast that critter is from?
>>
> So will Gray Jays. It is an interesting phenomenon.

Those were the folks we met all throught British Columbia and Alaska,
aren't they?

Larry Sheldon

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Jan 3, 2010, 11:39:36 AM1/3/10

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On 1/2/2010 5:26 PM, Rick wrote:

> Larry Sheldon wrote:
>> On 1/2/2010 7:47 AM, maryann kolb wrote:
>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:04:19 -0600, Larry Sheldon
>>> <lfsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=217153
>>>
>>>
>>> That looks like a Florida Scrub Jay. I told you they were
>>> approachable! ;-)
>>
>> California Scrub Jays will approach you--steal food you are eating out
>> of your hand.
>>
>> Can you tell which coast that critter is from?
>>
> So will Gray Jays. It is an interesting phenomenon.

I ran across this while looking for something about the Tentative Crow....

http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/corvids.html