[obol] "parasitism?"

[Lars and Gail Norgren]

Well there goes some of my ammunition
for splitting the Gray Jays. "Oregon Jay"
was a full species once. I'm not much of
a splitter, but since Juncos were lumped
there is no SPECIES of bird in the world
named after Oregon. Lars Norgren
On Jan 8, 2007, at 7:29 AM, VernD wrote:

>  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?"
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>> 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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