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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 03:52 PM
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Can anyone identify what type of bird this is?
it spends a lot of time in my backyard pecking holes in the fence.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:06 PM
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1. Pure guess
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/535/_/Cerulean_Warbler.aspx

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/775/overview/Island_Scrub-Jay.aspx

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/774/overview/Mexican_Jay.aspx

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/108/overview/Western_Scrub-Jay.aspx


Take your pick....
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:09 PM
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3. thanks! it looks like a western scrub jay and according to the map i live where it does.
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 09:49 PM
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16. It is a scrub jay...have one here that swoops my dog
Edited on Sun May-11-08 09:50 PM by Whoa_Nelly
Seneca ignores him, but that bird is very territorial.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:10 PM
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4. I think it is #4
Western Scrub-Jay
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 08:21 PM
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13. What a nifty website!
I like the maps and the endangered chart. Very cool!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:08 PM
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2. Beautiful, but evil.
:scared:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:12 PM
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5. It's a blue-headed fence-pecker
That one's name is Burt.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:32 PM
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9. lol!
your comment really tickled my funny bone. Thanks!
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:14 PM
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6. Scrub Jay
Edited on Sun May-11-08 04:15 PM by sarge43
Their motto: If it's eatable and not bolted down, it's mine.

(typo)
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:16 PM
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7. it always gets something in my yard, mulch or it picks at my arrow grass plant.
and man the pecking at the fence is an everyday occurrence, usually a morning, mid afternoon and evening visit.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 04:30 PM
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8. Canadians call them Camp Thieves
A Pileated Woodpecker hangs around here and o/a 6am every day does a salute to Gene Kurpa in the old maple next the house. I'll trade you.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 05:26 PM
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10. Lol at Krupa!
The first time I saw a pileated, I called for my parents to come quick and see the wild turkey. They still razz me about that.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 08:07 PM
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11. They usually are trying to stash food.
It was hell with our old roof -- the shingles were curling up and the jays used the underside spaces as cubbyholes for nuts.
They're pretty comical when they take baths--and they're the only type of bird that I've witnessed bathing in the bird bath. The others use it as drinking water.
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 09:31 PM
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14. They stash pecans, almonds, black and English walnuts, and acorns in our yard
We have several small nut and oak trees planted by scrub jays!
They like to hop and peck around in the gutter above our bedroom window just after sunrise, and call to each other. They often take a vigorous bath in our dog's water bowl, or a shower in the sprinkler spray. One bold, big jay used to come in and steal cat kibble near the back door... I think he was feeding his babies.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-12-08 09:17 AM
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18. Oh yeah.
One year I made the mistake of hanging corn for the squirrels. The jays loved it and I had volunteer corn stalks all over the yard. Every year we have front row seats for the territorial fight between the mockingbirds and the jays.

There's a lot of entertainment value for the price of some bird seed.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 08:14 PM
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12. Whatever he is, he's beautiful. And great pictures! nt
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oregonjen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 09:35 PM
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15. May I recommend this website?
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/

I love the ability to listen to the bird calls. I have used that feature several times when I hear a bird and can't identify it by it's song. :)
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 11:33 PM
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17. It's a pretty one.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :-)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-13-08 12:03 PM
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19. Gorgeous!
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