I birded the trails behind the Rocky River Nature Center this morning.
It was pretty typical for December.  The one exception was a huge flight
of Blue Jays moving through the treetops in a direction from west to
east.  I stopped counting when I hit 200 jays which took roughly 10
minutes.  More jays continued to stream across for another 10-15 minutes
after I stopped counting.  The birds were calling as they moved.  It was
noticeable enough that a woman walking her dog noted my binoculars and
asked if I had managed to see all the Blue Jays?

I've seen groups of 15-20 jays in the spring but nothing like this.

Erik Bruder
Westlake, OH

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