Peanut kernels were the food preferred by blue jays in all three areas while gray striped sunflower was consistently more attractive than the conventional BSS. Note also the remarkably consistent indication that the smaller oil-type sunflower was about one-fourth as attractive to blue jays as the larger BSS. Buckwheat, canary seed, flax, all the millets, oats, rice, safflower, sorghum, thistle and wheat were of low attractiveness in all geographic areas, while fine cracked corn, peanut hearts and oil-type sunflower were consistently moderately attractive.
(the food; preferred; by blue jays; L:in all three areas) (fine cracked corn, peanut hearts and oil-type sunflower; were consistently; moderately attractive) (gray striped sunflower; was; consistently more attractive than the conventional BSS) (the smaller oil-type sunflower; was; about one-fourth as attractive to blue jays as the larger BSS)
the food fine cracked corn, peanut hearts and oil-type sunflower gray striped sunflower the smaller oil-type sunflower
preferred were consistently was was
by blue jays L:in all three areas
moderately attractive
consistently more attractive than the conventional BSS
about one-fourth as attractive to blue jays as the larger BSS