I had another day with the sky full of Blue Jays. See my eBird report below.
Mickey ScilingoConstantia, Oswego Countymickey.scilingo@gte.net315-679-6299 -----Original Message----- From: ebird-checkl...@cornell.edu To: mickey.scili...@gte.net Sent: Tue, Sep 22, 2020 10:11 pm Subject: eBird Report - Constantia Yard, Sep 22, 2020 Constantia Yard, Oswego, New York, US Sep 22, 2020 7:03 AM - 12:03 PM Protocol: Stationary Checklist Comments: Another big day for Blue Jay migration, bigger than yesterday. 42 species Canada Goose 1 Wild Turkey 6 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 34 Mourning Dove 2 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) 5 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4 Merlin (Taiga) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 8040 Another outstanding day. Unbelievable numbers. By 9:00 I was already over 5100. Added another 2200 in the next hour before the numbers finally tailed off after 10:00. There were so many more that I was unable to count. They were flying at all levels in the sky, with many being invisible to the naked eye. American Crow 3 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 116 Multiple groups of 8 to 10 birds apparently migrating, continuously moving east to west. I counted them as they crossed the road into my yard. Tufted Titmouse 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 10 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 2 European Starling 15 Gray Catbird 6 Brown Thrasher 1 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 4 Cedar Waxwing 25 Purple Finch (Eastern) 3 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 30 White-throated Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 35 Cape May Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S73929028 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home) -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
