Hi Judith, You may want to read this nice article by Jim Willams in the Star Tribune earlier this week. He talks explicitly about this behavior.
https://m.startribune.com/migrating-blue-jays-pay-a-visit-to-a-minnesota-backyard/600110098/ Best, Mike Koutnik Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2021, at 5:43 PM, Judith Clayton <judit...@theriver.com> wrote: I’m wondering how common it is for birds to caching food? Currently, I’m offering peanuts in the shell to Blue Jays. Their usual behavior is to pick up a peanut in the shell and fly off with it: often to the White Spruce trees in my back yard. I can’t say that I’ve actually seen them caching a peanut, but I wonder. I think that I’ve seen crows caching seeds from my feeders rather close distance from the feeders. Also, do pelagic birds or other birds cache food? Just now I’m thinking about the “butcher bird” or Shrikes. I’m looking forward to your comments. TIA Judy in Douglas county, Alexandria, Mn Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished Lao Tzu ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
