bluejays

[Robert Mahnke]

It didn't occur to me the last time I read VL, but blue jays are an odd
choice for Northern California, which is outside of their range (see
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay_dtl.html).  A
Steller's Jay, also blue, would make more sense
(http://www.birds.cornell.edu/bow/stejay/).  But I have to think that he
meant the blue jays to signify something.

 

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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
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also, I was wondering if the bluejays in the opening scene of Vineland could
be a baseball reference?

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other than being an up and coming team that year can't think of anything
else--tigers won the series in 1984. jays would win it all a few years later

 

rich

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