Nature Notes From Crater Lake
Volume 7, No. 3, September 1934
An Oregon Jay Gets a Thrill
By J. Stanley Brode, Ranger-Naturalist
On August 20 an Oregon Jay attempting
to light on the ridgepole of our tent apparently missed his landing and
lighting on the slope, continued sliding on down to the edge, where it
took flight. Now, if that had occurred only once it might have been
construed as an accident. But apparently they jay was as thrill hungry
as the modern generation is reputed to be, for it came back to try the
slide again. Three times the performance was repeated, and then our
sliding jay betook himself to other means of amusement.
