So that's what happened to the Jays! They have been missing. West Nile virus has to have gotton a lot of Crows/Black Birds here too. The population at the back yard feeder is way down. Regards, Bob S. near Chicago
On 5/29/05, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice shot, Fred. > > These are one of my favorite bird species. Locally, their population took > quite a hit when West Nile Virus appeared on the scene a few year ago. 5 > years ago I used to leave in the morning to be met by a dozen jays awaiting > their morning peanuts. two yeas ago it was a treat to see a jay at all, > these days they seem to be rebounding and a handful might be on hand on any > given morning. > > Sorry for the ramble - some day in the future the jays may be looking at our > empty houses and saying "I remember when there used to be people down > there...." > > Again - nice shot! > > - MCC > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Widall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 6:52 PM > Subject: PESO: Bluejay > > > > This guy showed up at my feeder this morning. > > > > Shot with my *istDS and F 70-210mm (@210mm). Camera was tripod > > mounted, shutter set to 2 second delay with mirror up, and using a > > homemade cable release. Image cropped in PSCS. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/16082770/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Fred Widall, > > Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
