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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhen you know you are late filling the feeder....
It is pouring ran so I was procrastinating
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,808 posts)Just to eat some seeds?
LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)Much bigger than a jay.
Internet picture not mine.
catbyte
(34,466 posts)LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Those guys come through my part of Montana in the fall and spring. You hear them before you see them.
ETA: I thought this was a jay! Ive not seen a white throated magpie before. So cool!
LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)Act like blue jays.
Deuxcents
(16,352 posts)IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)Marthe48
(17,041 posts)What do they eat?
LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)It will eat oranges, peanuts inThe shell, mangos and fruits.
Edit: But this guy, Gerry, bosses everyone around. El Jefe.
Marthe48
(17,041 posts)What my Ohio eyes think is exotic, you see often.
Some of the birds that visit my feeders like grapes, apples, oranges. The blue jays want sunflower seeds and peanuts
LakeArenal
(28,855 posts)The birds here are common but still exciting.
Like seeing an eagle or humming bird or tanager in Ohio. You still stop and say Ahhhh.
Marthe48
(17,041 posts)I'm on the Ohio River and it attracts bald eagles. 2 years ago, I was driving into Marietta, and saw 2 bald eagles doing barrel rolls with each other above an empty field. I have never seen anything like that. Really stirring We live on migration paths and see a lot ofthe flocks going back and forth, and some of those birds stay year around. I have feeders out. We used to feed hummingbirds, but I think my neighbor's bed of canas lurted them away. I might try again next spring.