Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

BIRD OF THE WEEK - Week Seven (BLUE JAY)

Welcome to Week Seven of Bird of the Week.  We are again featuring a very common and very recognizable bird, the Blue Jay.  This bird can be heard any time of the year.  They were flying amuck in the preserves we were in Friday so I thought I'd make them the Bird of the Week.  Their call is a very loud jay, jay, jay.  It often signals an alarm, but at lower intensities is used to attract other jays, as in courtship.  Also heard at any time of the year is a bell-like call of two parts - toolool, toolool.  There is also the rattle call, which is a dry, non-musical rattle.  As with most birds, there are variations depending on the area.  If you are trying to learn these calls, it will be easy because Blue Jays are usually out in the open and you can see just who is making all that racket!  As always, BirdJam has a good audio of the Blue Jay.  It is a little varied from the Long Island Blue Jays, but close enough to learn the call.  The link is www.birdjam/learn.php.  Click on Blue Jay.  Until next time....
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1 comment:

  1. RavenMay 3, 2010 at 5:13 PM

    Thanks San, It was amazing to hear the variety of bird sounds the blue jay makes. Also it was interesting that they can mimic a hawk sound.

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