[EBB Sightings] Killer Shrub Jays

Dear Birders:

Since witnessing a Shrub Jay slaughter a Lesser Goldfinch a few days
ago, I've decided to take down my niger feeder.  When the jay first
began scattering the feeding birds, I thought it was to dominate the
feeders by scaring off other birds.  Now I know better. I'm uncertain
about the details seeing only the jay as he was dispatching the
goldfinch with a few powerful blows with its heavy beak.  It picked up
the limp yellow bird and flew off while I, helpless to intercede
pounded on the window.  I was furious and in an act of mindless
vengeance I looked for its nest with rasping offspring prepared to
knock it down.  I changed my mind.  
I can only hope that when the jay young are successfully fledged, that
the jays will go back to being simply aggressive.

Phila Rogers