Peter,
There have been flocks of Blue Jays here in Unity for about a week. Tough keeping the feeders full. Groups of at least 15 seem to be the usual group. My sister in Vermont reperted the same early in the week. It may be an annual event all across New England, but it seems more apparent this year.
Lots of new arrivals at Unity Pond today. Unusual were an immature peregrine and a flock of 7 Long-tailed Ducks (!). Another flock of 20 divers further out from shore proved unidentifiable.
Good birding,
tom
On Friday, May 10, 2013 1:07:16 PM UTC-4, Peter Vickery wrote:
--Don Mairs, Louis Bevier and I joined Nat Wheelwright's Bowdoin College Ornithology class at Evergreen this morning - great activity: dozens of N. Parulas, Yellow-rumps, plus lesser numbers of B-t Greens, B-t Blue, Magnolia, Ovenbird, B and W warbler, Pine, Am Redstart, and single Blackpoll and N. Waterthrush. It was actually a spring migration!Also Wood Thrush, Veery and more.Later on Capisic was much the same but we added: Blackburnian, Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Palm (yellow), Baltimore Orioles, House Wrens, etc...We were impressed by the substantial Blue Jay migration taking place. These migrants fly in loose groups of 10 - 30 birds well over the tree canopy, heading N - NE. Birders in New Brunswick are noting the same thing.Very good activity compared to the insipid prior 10 days..Fun morning after a near birdless morning at Green Point yesterday.Best, Peter
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