It was quite a cool thing to see and something I've never seen before in all my 40 years.

I once saw something that has remained etched in my mind for years now... a migration stageing of Blue Jays! It was quite surreal for a couple of reasons. It was October and we had checked into a Provincial Park on the shoreline of Lake Erie and were the only campers in the whole park. We pitched our tent and then sat in our lawn chairs with our eyes closed for a bit but I kept noticing that the bird squawking kept getting louder and louder. I watched lazily as blue jays kept landing on the grass throughout the campgrounds. After a while the noise made me laugh and then shortly after I had to elbow my husband awake to see the spectacle that had slowly been created. Throughout the park, barely a spot of green grass could be seen through the sea of blue that was ALL BLUE JAYS! My husband and I just sat there in awe as the jays continued to land around us for almost as far as you could see. At dusk the jays dispersed into the woods and the rest of our camping time never saw such a large stageing of birds as we had seen the afternoon and evening before. We gave eachother a high-five and mentally noted a "cool event" in our birding careers.

Barb
southern Ontario, CANADA

At first glance you see nothing in this picture but focus your eyes on the brownish orange and then you will start seeing them. It's a shame I spooked them opening the window b/c most of the butterflies from this branch flew into the air when the window made a loud noise.

Sorry for the poor quality. I wish I had a better camera. It does pretty good for macro and regular photos but is crap for long shots. I wish I could go take pictures from all my neighbours upstairs windows too ;o)

Barb

Barb