[obol] "parasitism?"

[VernD]

 I'm shy to admit (after the posts about feeding wildlife) that we've fed 
Grey Jay's  right out of our hands at Big Creek on the coast. Lane County.
Vern
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrel Faxon" <5hats at peak.org>
To: "Dennis P. Vroman" <dpvroman at budget.net>; "pamela johnston" 
<pamelaj at spiritone.com>; "obol" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [obol] "parasitism?"


> Brings up a question.  I have seen Gray Jays act like that in central
> Oregon, coming right into camp and taking food right out of people's 
> hands.
> But I have never seen the ones in the Coast Range even get close to 
> people.
> Has anybody else observered close interactions between the jays and people
> in the Coast Range?  And if not, what accounts for the difference?
> Thoughts??
>
> Darrel
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis P. Vroman" <dpvroman at budget.net>
> To: "pamela johnston" <pamelaj at spiritone.com>; "obol"
> <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [obol] "parasitism?"
>
>
>> Gray Jays are pretty brave...even the juveniles.  Once at Crater Lake NP,
>> while enjoying lunch, a "gray" juvenile Gray Jay landed on my wife's head
>> in
>> an attempt to get a grape she was about to eat.  It came in from behind
>> her
>> and she didn't see it coming.  Needless to say scared the devil (well,
>> most
>> of it) out of her.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>> Or gulls waiting to see if that Great Blue Heron can really swallow that
>>> fish, and Gray Jays waiting to steal skiers' sandwiches.
>>>
>>> Pamela Johnston
>>
>>
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