I have around twenty hogging my bird seeds daily in Orford. On Saturday, February 21, 2015, David Merker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Still 30+ here in the Etna swamp > > Ted Levin <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > My jays have been gone for 2 weeks. I think they were driven by weather > to find food farther south. Usually, when they court you can hear them, if > not see them. They are quite conspicuous. I'll ask my birding friends in > MA, LI, and NJ if they are experiencing an influx of jays. > > Some years when a lot of robins stick around, once the dried berries, > hollies usually, are gone, and the weather becomes cold and snowy, they > withdraw from their northern outposts. > > Ted > > > On Feb 21, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Wendy Jane Sichel wrote: > > For weeks there have been many bluejays loudly and voraciously eating > regularly at my feeders, and they have vanished in the past 2 days. I > looked up online and yes, their courtship season is said to begin in > February)or so I read). Can any of you "real" birders corroborate this? > **************************************************************** To post > messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> Set > your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the > list owner: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based > archives and subscription management are available at: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html > **************************************************************** > > > **************************************************************** To > post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> Set > your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the > list owner: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based > archives and subscription management are available at: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html > **************************************************************** > **************************************************************** To post > messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> Set > your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the > list owner: [log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based > archives and subscription management are available at: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html > **************************************************************** -- *The Right-To-Know Law provides that most e-mail communications, to or from Lebanon School District employees regarding the business of the School District, are government records available to the public upon request. Therefore, this e-mail communication may be subject to public disclosure. This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing, or other use of this e-mail by persons or entities other than the addressee is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer.* **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************