April 7, 2020

My birding trip started around 2:00pm on April 7, 2020. It was about 63 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny. I was walking around my neighborhood so there were a lot of people outside, enjoying the weather, doing yard work, and driving around. I walked until about 4:00pm when I ended my birding trip. All the activity outside made it difficult to hear the different birds but I saw a few. I saw a Black-capped Chickadee fly into a bush, a few mourning doves were sitting on a lawn, and I saw a couple of crows up in a tree. Towards the end of my walk I saw some blue jays and Downy Woodpeckers. For the most part, American Crows don’t migrate, they may change or leave their territory more often. They will leave to roost and to forage for food. Not much is known about the migration behavior of blue jays. They most likely migrated along the Atlantic coast. The increasing temperature is one of the main factors that contribute to the blue jays northern migration. Looking at the range map on all about birds, all the species I saw are either residents or short-distance migrants. None of these species are shown to migrate outside of the US. Assuming the non-resident species migrate along the Atlantic coast, they traveled about 2,700 miles combined.

Publicado el abril 8, 2020 01:39 MAÑANA por jgoodma4