[CT Birds] Blue jay numbers up

[jaybrd49 at aol.com]

 David:

To give you an idea, the Hartford Christmas Bird Count tallied 845 blue jays.? This compares with 803 last year, and 880 in 2005.? Yes, it does seem like there are more blue jays than usual, but our CBC data does not support this theory.

Jay Kaplan
Canton



 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: John D Babington <davewb07 at sbcglobal.net>
To: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Sent: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:43 am
Subject: [CT Birds] Blue jay numbers up










I have been just amazed at the numbers of blue jays I have been counting here in 
Washington, CT so far for the 2007-2008 Feeder Watch season. My average to date 
is 7.8 blue birds for the 2007-2008 Feeder watch season. In the prior 10 years 
of Feeder Watch the next highest yearly Feeder Watch season average I have had 
was 4.9 blue jays. I was curious if other are also seeing a lot blue jays this 
year. I assume the high blue jay numbers is tied in with the winter finch 
invasion we are having this winter?
 
David Babington
Washington, CT
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