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.**************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************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.TedOn Feb 21, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Wendy Jane Sichel wrote:**************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************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?