Re: [Maine-birds] Migrating Blue Jays?

When I lived in northeast Ohio, it was a regular sight on spring migration to watch a steady stream of Blue Jays heading east along the shore of Lake Erie. Clearly, they would rather fly around than over the Great Lakes. The count for a morning would often easily be measured in hundreds. With Blue Jays, "flock" hardly seems to be the correct term since they advance like an infantry unit in a string most of the time. I noticed Blue Jay movement here in Waterville a couple of weeks ago, but haven't really seen it since.

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On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 3:24 PM 'BARBARA P HERRGESELL' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

My expert at Derby Hill Hawk watch

 on L. Ontario, says they 

do fly in flocks there, also with stragglers. 

I had not noticed that in my years there. 

Barbara. Formerly of NYS. 

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On May 21, 2023, at 8:50 PM, Seth Benz <sbenz@schoodicinstitute.org> wrote:



At Schoodic on Saturday, blue jay flocks of 40, 17, 13, 8 and stragglers by 1 or 2s. All during morning from 6:15 to 9:30.

Also had a single flock of 65 fly over downtown Belfast a couple of days ago.

On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 7:24 PM David Doubleday <ddoubledays@gmail.com> wrote:

On Monhegan round 9:30am, Friday May 19,  Betsy and I observed a group of 35-40 jays moving northwesterly above the boreal forest north of the village.  Over the next couple or more minutes there were individual jays moving generally in the same direction the group had taken.

Dave Doubleday

On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 7:09:21 PM UTC-4 Kristen Lindquist wrote:

Big flocks here on Monhegan making feints at group departure, as well. 

Kristen 

On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 6:08 PM Craig Kesselheim <ckess...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all - At Schoodic Point today I observed a cohesive band of northward-flying Blue Jays, around 27 of them. They stuck together, seemed intent on moving on, and briefly alit in some conifers.

Anyone else seen Blue Jay movements like this? If so, I'd appreciate a share.

Craig K

SW Harbor

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