"Didi" wrote in message
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He is so pretty..
fantastic shots Pat


I've got a book called "BIRDS of the Los Angeles Region" by a guy named
Garrett and another guy named Dunn, and a guy named Morse. According to the
book there's LOTS of colorful birds in the general L.A. & Orange County
region but to tell the truth this is about as colorful as anything gets
here --- at least that I ever get lucky enough to see.

My sister lives about 12 miles away and she's been successful in luring
quite a few Western Scrub Jays to her feeders. I on the other hand have
been laying out peanuts in the shell on my back lawn for a half a year and
never saw one until this guy showed up today so this is a red-letter day.
I'm tickled to death to see him. The only birds that have been interested
in the peanuts have been some crows that come around. I'm hoping this scrub
jay will go home and tell all his buddies and maybe I'll have a yard full of
'em tomorrow.

Pat :-)