tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post2133395660775319970..comments2023-10-24T11:39:30.499-04:00Comments on Inside Storey: Gwen Steege: Battle with Blue JaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-81060675612925995022012-05-26T22:38:32.066-04:002012-05-26T22:38:32.066-04:00Try placing plastic snakes where they will not be ...Try placing plastic snakes where they will not be covered with snow. Sparlings were drinking from our pool and leaving droppings all around the deck. The only thing that seemed to work was rubber snakes. Daily we moved them to different locations so the birds would not realize they were fake. It is they only thing that worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-43206694452823790812011-03-23T14:02:16.209-04:002011-03-23T14:02:16.209-04:00Blue Jays seem to have a higher calcium requiremen...Blue Jays seem to have a higher calcium requirement than other birds. In the Northeast US, they commonly peel paint off houses and eat it when the ground is covered by snow. Most people have had success leaving egg shells out for the blue jays. They should be sterilized(boil for 10 min. or 250 degree oven for 20 Min.) and broken into pieces smaller than a dime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945534220050354353.post-69226076379273783672011-02-02T16:22:34.698-05:002011-02-02T16:22:34.698-05:00Oh Gwen, I was just fascinated by this post...have...Oh Gwen, I was just fascinated by this post...have never heard of blue jays going after paint for the calcium...and wow..that would be annoying. Glad to read the balloons seem to be working. Further, I will offer our jays eggshells which I usually compost but maybe crushed and put out with the seeds on occasion. <br /><br />Storey's great! Love their bulletins especially.Gardeningbrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709940044197929905noreply@blogger.com