Thanks, Geo, I’ll pass that along.
Deb
From: Geo Kloppel
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 8:51 AM
To: Deb Grantham ; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] blue jays
Hi Deb,
The Blue Jay is a “partially migratory” species. If you google “blue jay
migration” you’ll get lots of hits
Hi Deb,
The Blue Jay is a “partially migratory” species. If you google “blue jay
migration” you’ll get lots of hits that attempt in a few words (or a few
paragraphs) to explain what this means. The persons who asked you to find out
why they aren’t seeing Blue Jays this winter might get
Hello,
I've been asked by someone else to find out why they aren't seeing blue jays
this year. I actually saw more around this winter than I've seen around here
(Sheffield Road, Ithaca/Enfield town line) in a long time.
Any thoughts? Do they really follow the acorn crop? Avian flu?
Deb
As my computer was booting up, from above the screen I could see Blue Jays
Flying overhead. I started to count and counted 32 of them. They have very
characteristic flights can't be mistaken for anything else. While the Blue Jays
were heading south a flock of a dozen of Cedar Waxwings flew
This morning I encountered, in a smallish tree behind a house at the east
end of Burns Rd., a flock of 22 BLUE JAYS. This general area, for some
reason, has a lot of these jays throughout the year, although groups of this
size appear later in the Spring. There were some jayyy calls, no bobbing
This morning Blue Jays seemed to be everywhere on Burns Road in Brooktondale.
For a few minutes, there were 19 BLUE JAYS perched at the very top of a tall
oak tree. Many were giving the same two-noted vocalization, along with a sound
reminiscent of a Crow's comb call but quieter and more rapid.
