Thanks for all the responses folks and I'm glad to hear it's a normal occurrence because they sure look a bit funny, and even creepy, without their head feathers!
*Astrid Jirka* Director of Tourism Initiatives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discover Cayuga Lake - "Tourism with a Mission" www.discovercayugalake.org <http://discovercayugalake.org> Tompkins Center for History & Culture, Suite 303 607-327-LAKE (5253) On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:41 AM Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Astrid yes. A cooomon observation at this time of year. > > https://feederwatch.org/learn/unusual-birds/bald-headed-birds/ > > Linda Orkin > Ithaca NY > > On Aug 18, 2021, at 11:34 AM, Astrid Jirka <discovercay...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I have at least 2, if not 3, blue jays coming to my feeder in the last 3 > days who have no feathers on their heads. Any ideas as to what's going on? > > *Astrid Jirka* > Director of Tourism Initiatives > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Discover Cayuga Lake - "Tourism with a Mission" > www.discovercayugalake.org <http://discovercayugalake.org> > Tompkins Center for History & Culture, Suite 303 > 607-327-LAKE (5253) > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
