General NotesBird-Banding January July 16, all jays appeared to be living comfortably but the feeding stations were made water tight to prevent an occurrence as happened with the wet mash earlier.The young jays permitted themselves to be handled, although with some reluctance, but jay 6 was particularly sassy and aggressive.At 9:30 A.M. on July 22 the yonng jays were found dead in the cage.Jay 7 was headless on the ground but only wings and other portions of jays 1, 5 and 8 were present.Jay 6 was found (m the ground with a large ()pen wound on the right femur.The adult was extremely agitated but apparently unharmed.
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