A little south of Bryan, my neighborhood blue jays imitate the nesting Copper's Hawk.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:24 PM Bryan Guarente <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a Swainson's Hawk pair that nests in our neighborhood and the Blue > Jays take full advantage of the Swainson's Hawk call year-round, giving me > quite a scare in winter! I have learned the subtle differences over time, > but it took quite some time and especially today awaiting the next push of > Swainson's Hawks I was caught off guard. > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:18 PM Doug Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd usually come up with a story like this one for the middle of next >> week (check the dates), but was thrown off enough with this true encounter >> this morning (Fri., 27 Mar.'20), felt I would share and see if anyone else >> has had a similar experience. Anyway, we were respecting the current lock >> down/in/whatever you want to call it, out in the back yard (Denver, Denver >> Co.) playing with the dogs when I heard the characteristic "ki-ki-ki..." of >> an American Kestrel nearby. We get kestrels coming around only very >> periodically, so thought "cool, where is he?" Scanned the sky, looked to >> the tree tops, to see if I could find him, nothing. However, it kept >> calling, so walked around trying to find the now frustrating bird. Only >> when I noticed a bird fly out of a tree down the alley, still giving the >> call, that I had my WTF moment - it was a BLUE JAY!! Now we are all >> familiar with jays of all flavors giving Red-tailed Hawk type cries, but >> this was the first time I'd heard one giving a perfect American Kestrel >> call! >> >> So have any of y'all had this specific (I guess inter-species) fake out >> happen with Blue Jays, or any other jay, before? Interested in your >> experiences. Stay safe and healthy. >> >> Cheers, >> Doug >> Denver >> >> *27 March 2020 – Home in Southwest Denver, Denver Co., CO* >> Canada Goose – 2 (flyover) >> Rock Pigeon – 5 >> Eurasian Collared-Dove – 3 >> Ring-billed Gull – 1ad (flyover) >> Northern Flicker – 4 “Red-shafted” >> American Kestrel – FAKE NEWS!! >> Blue Jay – 5 >> Black-capped Chickadee – 6 >> Bushtit – 5 >> European Starling – 1 >> American Robin – 2 >> House Finch – 15 >> Dark-eyed Junco – 2 “Slate-colored” >> - 1 “Oregon” >> - 5 “Pink-sided” >> Spotted Towhee – 1m >> Red-winged Blackbird – 1m >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/82649421.560176.1585347509656%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/82649421.560176.1585347509656%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHv1AyzEqouhqpfZMz_tU0i0RWcXiq2v9c%3DPOW1gyHHDxg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHv1AyzEqouhqpfZMz_tU0i0RWcXiq2v9c%3DPOW1gyHHDxg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Todd Deininger Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABv4Dr8W5L9u%2B1%2BpnprB3UPwLj0ZzGH23AqVtiWgcSy67cXUgw%40mail.gmail.com.
