I'd be interested in seasonal movements in Blue Jays. Our birds seem to stay pretty close to the feeders throughout the year. Are others seeing some seaonal variation in numbers? Jack EitniearSan Antonio jce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "We will be known forever by the tracks we leave" Dakota Indian Saying --- On Thu, 9/6/12, txbrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <txbrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: txbrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <txbrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Blue Jays and west Nile To: "4 Texbirds Maillist" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 1:14 PM To follw up on Fred's comment about jays moving around, perhaps the Christmas Bird Counts over the next few years will turn out to be a good place to look for trends. Some of the local movements would be somewhat smoothed out... Regards, Tim Brush Edinburg, TX