Steller’s Jay is one of my favorite northern forest birds. As you say, they are vocal and can be quite entertaining to watch. They were frequent visitors to feeders at my Alaska home surrounded by forest acreage.
Diann Stone
Boise Depot Bench
I’ve a Steller’s Jay since mid December. It usually comes to my suet feeders.
Kit Struthers
Idaho Falls
On Fri, 17 Jan, 2025 at 9:37 PM, lcarrigan_55 via groups.io <carriganbw@…> wrote:
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Well, so far, my best winter bird has been Steller’s Jay. It doesn’t visit my feeder. Based on some other’s posts, I’ve even tried peanuts & the other birds just seem to scatter them for the fox squirrels to gather. But, does like a windrow of Rocky Mtn Junipers I planted years ago. Maybe going after juniper berries??? It’s quite vocal, when present & one has been here since Nov. Today, kept me entertained while I shoveled snow from decks & drives.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
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