Subject: Blue Jays in Eastern Washington
Date: Oct 8 17:51:51 1997
From: Deb Beutler - dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu


I have a second-hand report of Blue Jays on Kamiak Butte, Whitman
County, Washington, this weekend (either October 4 or 5). This is a
reliable source; I made sure he wasn't just telling me about a
"blue-colored" jay. The birds were in the parking lot of the state park.
This is not far from Moscow, Idaho, where several Blue Jays have spent the
last few winters. I will try to get to Kamiak Butte to check it out
sometime this weekend.
If there is anyone from Moscow, on Tweeters, could you find out
whether the "regular" Blue Jays have returned yet? What are the arrival
dates for Blue Jays for eastern Washington/ northern Idaho? I seem to
remember several in Moscow in October, 1995, but last year it seemed that
they didn't show up until December. Also, are there other places in
Tweeters-land where they occur regularly? Does anyone have any summer
records for Blue Jays? The Moscow birds seem to disappear ever summer and
reappear every winter but we don't know where they go.
Thanks.

Deb Beutler
Department of Zoology
P.O. Box 644236
Washington State Univerisity
Pullman, Whitman Co., WA
dbeutler at wsunix.wsu.edu