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Oct
27

How long does a Rocky Mountain Jay live?

….and there are no doubt people reading that going “what the hell???”….

Background: some years back (maybe 7, maybe as many as 10) we started feeding the birds during the winter. We set up some seed feeders for the juncos and jays (mostly), and some hanging suet feeders for chickadees and nuthatches - and bought a heated waterer after a chipmunk and several mice drowned in the dog’s bucket….

Everyone was really happy…. and then we had this female jay decide that she’d rather have the suet from the “upside-down” feeders than seeds. She spent a long time (couple of weeks…. at least….) watching the “upside-down” birds, and finally she figured out how to do it. So she fed at the suet feeders and the rest of the jays ate seeds.

We’ve been watching her every winter since. It’s a LONG time now…. so back to the original question: how long does a jay live? We just put the winter feeders back out today…. will we see her again?

I christened her “Juno”….

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