Blue Jays 
From what I have seen during the past two weeks, I 
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should sa.y that the Jays in the Ball’s Hill region have 
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destroyed, during this period, practically all the eggs 
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that have been laid by the smaller birds in nests built in 
nests 
trees and bushes within the limits of this region. Their 
method of hunting for nests is peculiar and interesting. 
They start out soon after sunrise, usually in pairs but often 
three or four together, and move through the woods very 
slowly, taking the trees successively, hopping from twig to 
twig or sailing on set wings when the distance to be crossed 
is greater than a foot or two, examining every fork or 
cluster of twigs deliberately and with great care. While 
thus engaged they ‘seldom scream but they keep up almost 
incessantly a low, stuttering er-er-er-er which may be heard, 
of course, at other seasons but which is apparently used 
much more frequently during these egging raids that at any 
other occasions 
