Thank you for this fascinating post. I was mesmerized by these Blue Jays. A few of us who live in Stuyvesant Town have been birding the complex. We are working on protecting vulnerable birds from glass collisions here. The management is supportive, and we have hopes. I saw my only Blackburnian and Tennessee Warblers in Stuyvesant Town this year. I am amazed at what you see in your yard. We will continue to report. Thank you once more, Anne
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 7:09 PM Mickey Scilingo <[email protected]> wrote: > These last two days, Sunday and Monday, have been very good for migrants > in my yard. > > The main stars have been the Blue Jays, but they've had an excellent > supporting cast both days. Sunday morning I was outside for just over 2 > hours (7:07 to 9:18) and had 39 species, highlighted by 10 different > warblers: > 3 Cape Mays, > 1 Bay-breasted, > 1 Blackpoll, > 1 Tennessee Warbler > a Northern Parula > 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, > 2 Blackburnian Warblers, > 1 American Redstart, > 1 Magnolia Warbler and > 5 Black-throated Greens. > > I also had a (getting late) Great Crested Flycatcher, 1 flyover Pine > Siskin, and I got to watch as 2 Cooper's Hawks worked together to try and > catch a Northern Flicker. (it got away) > > With the trees full of birds, I had to ignore the Blue Jays at times, but > I still managed to count 4125 Jays migrating over and through my yard, > and I can assure you that I missed many more. > > > This morning picked up right where yesterday left off. I had 44 species > in the almost 5 hours that I was outside today (7:15 to 12:10). > I had fewer warblers today: > 1 Blackpoll > 1 Pine > 1 Parula > 1 Blackburnian > 3 Yellow Rumps > > but I had a lot more raptors: > 2 Turkey Vultures > 8 Sharp-shinned Hawks > 4 Cooper's Hawks > 3 Bald Eagles > 1 Red-shouldered Hawk > 2 Broad-winged Hawks > 6 Red-tailed Hawks > 1 American Kestrel > 1 Peregrine Falcon > > Other notable birds were 2 Blue-headed Vireos, 1 Eastern Towhee and a > flyover American Pipit. > > > I tried to pay a bit more attention to the Blue Jays today and by 10:00 I > was over 6000 Jays, but it slowed down after that. My final tally wound up > being 6494, but I know that I was unable to count them all. At times the > sky was full of Jays from end to end and on multiple levels. Plus I'm sure > that many more were lost in the blue sky. > > > > > > > Mickey Scilingo > Constantia, Oswego County > [email protected] > 315-679-6299 > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
