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do it successfully.
While starting to eat
my breakfast I dropped
the butter off of my plate.
Suddenly an Oregon Jay
flew plumped [illegible] and
proceeded to eat it.
I at first looked him
over. They are a gay then
and try although they have
as weak back and as blue. The flight is typical
jay and the tail long
and seems sort of split
split in two. The bird
came in poor plumage
but nevertheless interesting.
Soon several birds came
around and I had
quite a time feeding
them. They were fairly
quiet but very bold.
The note songs do seem
magical like those like
magpie than jay. But
they have a loud clear
whistle which was
did only by not I hear,
this whistle was like
certain Douglas Squirrel
notes yet distinctive.
I heard one start of
on a clear warbling