Originally posted by WPRESTO Feed the birds, and the grey ones come running.
Interesting SCIENCE story in the National Weekly section of the Washington Post, entitled "What's the pecking order at a bird feeder?" They show a graphic with 25 different bird species ranked according to how frequently they are a successful (i.e. dominant) aggressor when interacting with other bird species and use blue jays as the reference. The most successful bird among those for whom interactions were recorded is the American crow, and the least successful is the Carolina chickadee.
That being said, the most successful eater observed at the bird feeder is actually...
wait for it....
squirrels.
Now, how could we not have known that?