2016 Blue Jay Recaptured
March 04, 2019
Where did it go?
Either way an exciting find.
By Neil Gifford, Conservation Director
This blue jay originally banded by Pine Bush scientists as a hatch-year (HY) bird in September 2016, was recently recaptured more than 300 miles away in New Portland Maine, in December 2018. Research suggests about 10% of the northeastern blue jay population migrate each fall, with HY birds more likely to migrate than adults. While there is no way to know, it's possible he/she was a migrant from Maine in 2016, or was a local bird that dispersed from the Pine Bush to Maine as an adult.
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