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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We have had Red-shouldered Hawks nesting in the wooded area behind our home in Chanhassen for about 12 years, and the Blue Jays in our neighborhood all do a
perfect RS Hawk imitation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Paul Worwa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Jon Gorder via Mnbird [mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 12, 2016 11:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mnbird<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mnbird] Jay mimec<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">We thought maybe an early migrator stopping for rest but then it kept up for days on end. I finally heard it in a tree right outside our place and went
out with binoculars and found a Blue Jay in a white pine overlooking the peanut feeder and it was just doing a perfect imitation of a hawk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"> We knew some Corvids were pretty good mimics but never heard of this behavior. Is it more common than we know?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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