Blue Jay Bonanza

The Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory which is up on the ridge about two miles from my house counted over 5,500 Blue Jays yesterday. The southward migration is definitely in full force working its way down the North Shore of Lake Superior and ultimately to points south. Over the past week it has been rare for me not to have at least a few Blue Jays in the feeders. I have learned that Blue Jays give way to the Common Crow and Morning Dove. Otherwise they rule the feeders. Here is just one of my visitors.

And short movie of the American Golden Plovers I took a few days ago …

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