Date: 4/28/25 8:42 am From: Marie P. Read <mpr5...> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Green Herons at Arboretum & cool Blue Jay behavior
Delights from my walk around the Cornell Botanic Gardens Arboretum this morning were:
Two Green Herons - one seen perched in tree next to pond, flushed into flight by a Great Blue Heron landing, then two Green Herons seen flying together over and around the pond area.
Singing Baltimore Oriole.
Small flock of Blue Jays flying tightly and noisily together, then landing and doing their bobbing displays, per Birds of the World "Elaborate Social Display".
Later, on Mt Pleasant Road, a flock of around 20 uncharacteristically silent Blue Jays flying north.
Ah...Spring!
Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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Freeville NY 13068 USA
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Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior
