Hi All: Ospreys overhead and calling are fairly common on Vashon, but I heard one down low next to the window ... at the feeder this afternoon. There were two jays and one was giving the osprey contact calls. From the BNA account, this appears to be a new one:



>From BNA,

Mimicry. Good mimic; often heard imitating sounds of other animals in area, including those of fox squirrel (Sciurus niger; Brown 1964), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus; WD), Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis; Kennedy and Stahlecker 1993), White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis; C. Ghalambor pers. comm.), chicken, and rooster (Gallus gallus), dog (Canis familiaris), cat (Felis domestica), and mechanical sounds such as water sprinklers, telephone, and squeaky door (WD, EG).



I've heard jays giving a red-tail call, but the first time for osprey call.

Gary Shugart, Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma and Vashon Island