8/12 Orange. We have had several "sick" blue jays here, like Jan had mentioned a while ago. There was a large family group of about 12-15 birds. Today is the third sick one I have seen- all puffed up either sitting on the ground (very approachable) or on the deck railing. One of the wildlife rehabbers that I contacted (Place called Hope) said that if it is West Nile, there is nothing that can be done. If I caught it, they would take it and make it comfortable. I have cleaned and taken down my feeders except for the thistle and grape jelly feeders. But our Baltimore Orioles, Catbirds and Mockingbirds are enjoying the jelly. The Titmice have experimented and tried the jelly feeders. Also in the yard are House sparrows, Song sparrows, Red bellied woodpeckers, Downys, Cardinals, Mourning doves, common grackles and Red winged blackbirds and cowbirds. Bev Propen, Orange

Seems to be a little movement this morning. Shaun Martin had 6 species of warbler at Tods. I added a seventh later in the morning. Nothing unusual but the up tick of activity is good signs for what’s to come. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2024, at 1:09 PM, Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > 8/12 Orange. > We have had several "sick" blue jays here, like Jan had mentioned a while > ago. There was a large family group of about 12-15 birds. Today is the > third sick one I have seen- all puffed up either sitting on the ground > (very approachable) or on the deck railing. One of the wildlife rehabbers > that I contacted (Place called Hope) said that if it is West Nile, there is > nothing that can be done. If I caught it, they would take it and make it > comfortable. I have cleaned and taken down my feeders except for the > thistle and grape jelly feeders. > But our Baltimore Orioles, Catbirds and Mockingbirds are enjoying the > jelly. The Titmice have experimented and tried the jelly feeders. > Also in the yard are House sparrows, Song sparrows, Red bellied > woodpeckers, Downys, Cardinals, Mourning doves, common grackles and Red > winged blackbirds and cowbirds. > Bev Propen, Orange > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

I took all my feeders down for a few days and cleaned everything and have had no more dead Blue Jays the past couple weeks. Fingers crossed because they are very active and vocal around the yard. So nice. Jan Collins, Somers Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 1:25 PM, James Muchmore via CTBirds<ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: Seems to be a little movement this morning. Shaun Martin had 6 species of warbler at Tods. I added a seventh later in the morning. Nothing unusual but the up tick of activity is good signs for what’s to come. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2024, at 1:09 PM, Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > 8/12  Orange. > We have had several "sick" blue jays here, like Jan had mentioned a while > ago.  There was a large family group of about 12-15 birds.  Today is the > third sick one I have seen- all puffed up either sitting on the ground > (very approachable) or on the deck railing.  One of the wildlife rehabbers > that I contacted (Place called Hope) said that if it is West Nile, there is > nothing that can be done.  If I caught it, they would take it and make it > comfortable.  I have cleaned and taken down my feeders except for the > thistle and grape jelly feeders. > But our Baltimore Orioles, Catbirds and Mockingbirds are enjoying the > jelly.  The Titmice have experimented and tried the jelly feeders. > Also in the yard are House sparrows, Song sparrows,  Red bellied > woodpeckers, Downys, Cardinals, Mourning doves, common grackles and Red > winged blackbirds and cowbirds. > Bev Propen, Orange > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/