[obol] Pinyon Jays

[Kim Boddie]

I have lived in my house for 30 years, and this is the first that Pinyon Jays have nested (that I know of) in the neighborhood.  One pair nested in a 100 ft. Ponderosa Pine across the alley from my yard and another in one of the Pondos a few houses up the street.  Every day for over a month you could hear there odd calling from dawn to dusk.  It really got loud when one of the local Red-tails came over.  The four adult jays would harass the hawk constantly until it was a quarter mile away.  The young fledged last week and the calling was non-stop until today.  The two families are gone, off to join the  big flock which hits the neighborhood once or twice a month for the rest of the year.  I live on a residential street just NE of the Mill District in Bend with quite a few 100 ft. tall 60-100 year old Ponderosa Pine trees.

---kim boddie
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