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Steller’s Jay eat deer!
Steller’s Jay, originally uploaded by pandatub.
I know that many of the corvids are scavengers, that they will eat whatever they can find and this is how they survive where other birds do not fare so well. However, having fed many eager steller’s jays peanuts it never occurred to me that they actually DO eat meat, [...]
Posted: November 19th, 2010 under corvid, Crow, crows, Food, omnivorous, Stellar's Jay.
Tags: omnivorous, Stellar Jay, Stellar's Jay, Steller Jay, Steller's Jay, steller's jays eat deer
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Corvid Abnormalities
Abnormalities can be found in all life forms–corvids included. Here are some interesting photos I found of corvids with two abnormalities deformed beaks and partial albino-ism–leucistic or albino corvids.
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Read about THE MYSTERY OF THE LONG-BEAK SYNDROME here. Or you can read Passerines with Deformed Bills by Julie A. Craves (an article) here.
There seems to be [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2009 under abnormalities, Albino, beak, bill, deformed beak, deformities, jackdaw, jackdaws, jays, Leucistic, Partially-albino, Raven, ravens, Stellar's Jay, Steller's Jay.
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Steller’s Jay
The Steller Jay is a pretty bird found throughout the west coast of North America. This map from Cornell Lab of Ornithology shows its habitat.
They visit our backyard feeders quite often and when they do — it is a treat for us. They are beautiful birds but they have the most awkward call. Go here [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2009 under Collective Noun Names, collective nouns, Cyanocitta stelleri, names, Stellar's Jay.
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