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From the supplier: A conditioned auditory cue may be used to teach Mexican Jays to adopt a particular foraging behavior. This was revealed in a study conducted on a color-banded population of the Mexican Jay in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. With the use of a 'police whistle,' the Jays learned to associate the sound of a whistle with food, especially during drought season when food was scarce. However, the Mexican Jays were observed to respond only in its own territory and rarely strayed to others' territories.

Citation Details
Title: Long-term memory of an auditory stimulus for food in a natural population of the Mexican Jay.
Author: Jerram L. Brown
Publication: Wilson Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1997
Publisher: Wilson Ornithological Society
Volume: v109 Issue: n4 Page: p749(4)

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