Here in northeastern South Dakota, Blue Jays have become quite
uncommon. I have banded only one all fall, whereas I normally tag a
dozen. I assume they are victims of West Nile, though this would only
be a hypothesis.

dan tallman
northern state university
aberdeen, sd


On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:45:30 -0700 (PDT), B. A. Wolfe
<gismybabe at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> While in Philadelphia for the past 13 months (until 09/17/04), I can say
> that the numbers of Blue Jays this year when I was doing some
> bird-monitoring of a site was quite high. Seems a large number of offspring
> lived this year. I wonder what this will look like next year. Is it possible
> they are just making a quick bounce-back from West Nile Virus? If so, an
> over-correction seems a possibility. I'd love to see what the scientists
> have to say about this.
>
> Brett A. Wolfe
> Seattle, WA
> gismybabe at yahoo.com
>
>
> mike denny <m.denny at charter.net> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> Just a quick note of interest; It appears in the Carolinas that there has
> been one of the largest Blue Jay movements ever recorded over the last three
> weeks. All these birds were headed south in groups of >50 birds. A 1000 Blue
> Jays were observed at several locations in a single day as they moved south.
> Huge acorn crop! They have also picked up a number of Red-breasted
> Nuthatches. Maybe we here in Eastern Washington, Idaho and Western Montana
> mirror what is happening in the Carolinas? Just an interesting occurrence.
> Later Mike
>
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