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Hi, I have a report from a friend of mine of a blue jay in the marsh next to the Pitt River bridge. She knows her birds so I trust her judgement, and excitement! Cheers, Paul
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Pitt Meadows side or PoCo side?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:24 PM Paul Kendal < pkendal@...> wrote: Hi, I have a report from a friend of mine of a blue jay in the marsh next to the Pitt River bridge. She knows her birds so I trust her judgement, and excitement! Cheers, Paul
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Pitt Meadows side or PoCo side? On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:24 PM Paul Kendal < pkendal@...> wrote: Hi, I have a report from a friend of mine of a blue jay in the marsh next to the Pitt River bridge. She knows her birds so I trust her judgement, and excitement! Cheers, Paul
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Good morning everyone, I spent just over an hour this morning looking for the BLUE JAY reported yesterday in Port Coquitlam. I went to the marsh on the north side of Lougheed Highway, west side of the Pitt River, west end of the bridge. I presume that’s the “marsh” the observer is referring to? It’s the red-circled area on the Google Earth map inserted below. Unfortunately no sight or sound of a Blue Jay. I’m wondering if it’s at all possible that the bird she saw might have been one of the California Scrub-jays that are seen regularly in Maple Ridge? Cheers, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, BC ? 
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Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Blue jay in marsh next to Pitt River bridge? ? ? Pitt Meadows side or PoCo side? ? On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:24 PM Paul Kendal <pkendal@...> wrote: Hi, I have a report from a friend of mine of a blue jay in the marsh next to the Pitt River bridge. She knows her birds so I trust her judgement, and excitement!
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:55 AM, Colin Clasen wrote:
I’m wondering if it’s at all possible that the bird she saw might have been one of the California Scrub-jays that are seen regularly in Maple Ridge?
I'm in Maple Ridge and haven't managed to see these birds yet. How far do they range? Also, I guess they've been breeding for a few years now so where would their offspring disperse too? Cheers Chris
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Hi Chris, Over the past 5 or 6 years since they were first found in Maple Ridge, they’ve been typically seen in the center part of the Google map below. Cheers, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, BC ? 
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Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Blue jay in marsh next to Pitt River bridge? ? On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:55 AM, Colin Clasen wrote: I’m wondering if it’s at all possible that the bird she saw might have been one of the California Scrub-jays that are seen regularly in Maple Ridge? I'm in Maple Ridge and haven't managed to see these birds yet. How far do they range? Also, I guess they've been breeding for a few years now so where would their offspring disperse too?
Cheers
Chris
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P.S. Birders often find that if they just start walking around that neighbourhood wearing their binoculars, one of the locals will inevitably ask if you’re looking for the Scrub-jays, since they’ve gotten used to so many birders looking for them. Cheers, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, BC ?
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Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Blue jay in marsh next to Pitt River bridge?? Hi Chris, Over the past 5 or 6 years since they were first found in Maple Ridge, they’ve been typically seen in the center part of the Google map below. Cheers, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, BC ? 
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Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Blue jay in marsh next to Pitt River bridge? ? On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:55 AM, Colin Clasen wrote: I’m wondering if it’s at all possible that the bird she saw might have been one of the California Scrub-jays that are seen regularly in Maple Ridge? I'm in Maple Ridge and haven't managed to see these birds yet. How far do they range? Also, I guess they've been breeding for a few years now so where would their offspring disperse too?
Cheers
Chris
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There was also one frequenting area NE of Trout Lake in east Vancouver a couple of years ago.
Perry Edwards
North Vancouver
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That offspring dispersal question is a good one Chris. Although the jays are always in that neighborhood, ?they don’t really seem to be increasing in population that much from year to year. Yet in 2018 I watched two adults feeding four fledglings. That’s a decent brood. Presuming they are breeding every year they must have produced a lot of kids. Where did all these kids go? They don’t seem to be hanging around.?
Daniel Bastaja
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On 2020. Apr 6., at 22:44, Colin Clasen <colinclasen@...> wrote:
? P.S. Birders often find that if they just start walking around that neighbourhood wearing their binoculars, one of the locals will inevitably ask if you’re looking for the Scrub-jays, since they’ve gotten used to so many birders looking for them. Cheers, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, BC ? ? Hi Chris, Over the past 5 or 6 years since they were first found in Maple Ridge, they’ve been typically seen in the center part of the Google map below. Cheers, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, BC ? <image001.jpg> ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris.thomas3@...
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Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Blue jay in marsh next to Pitt River bridge? ? On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:55 AM, Colin Clasen wrote: I’m wondering if it’s at all possible that the bird she saw might have been one of the California Scrub-jays that are seen regularly in Maple Ridge? I'm in Maple Ridge and haven't managed to see these birds yet. How far do they range? Also, I guess they've been breeding for a few years now so where would their offspring disperse too?
Cheers
Chris
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Thanks Colin, I drove through there but was a little nervous about walking around with binoculars in case someone thought I was a weirdo!
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In that neighbourhood, no problem at all Chris. As Colin said, the locals are used to seeing birders. :)
DB
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On Apr 7, 2020, at 3:43 AM, chris.thomas3@... wrote:
Thanks Colin, I drove through there but was a little nervous about walking around with binoculars in case someone thought I was a weirdo!
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No worries Colin – all birders are weirdos!! (lol) ? Stay safe and stay healthy vanbcbirders! ? Derek ? 
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Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Blue jay in marsh next to Pitt River bridge? ? Thanks Colin, I drove through there but was a little nervous about walking around with binoculars in case someone thought I was a weirdo!
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Hi All
Looks like the Scrub-jays don't move around too much. On the map
X is where they first showed up in my backyard. X2 is where they
first bred and it looks like someone has a peanut feeder near X3.
It's my opinion that these birds are very feedercentric as there
was also someone feeding them in the vicinity of the first 2
locations.
Anybody know the current count?
Roger Craik
Maple Ridge
On 2020-04-06 1:44 p.m., Colin Clasen
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P.S.
Birders often find that if they just start walking around
that neighbourhood wearing their binoculars, one of the
locals will inevitably ask if you’re looking for the
Scrub-jays, since they’ve gotten used to so many birders
looking for them.
Cheers,
Colin
Clasen
Coquitlam,
BC
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Hi
Chris,
Over
the past 5 or 6 years since they were first found in Maple
Ridge, they’ve been typically seen in the center part of the
Google map below.
Cheers,
Colin
Clasen
Coquitlam,
BC
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of chris.thomas3@...
Sent: April 6, 2020 1:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Blue jay in marsh next to
Pitt River bridge?
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:55 AM, Colin
Clasen wrote:
I’m wondering if it’s at all possible that
the bird she saw might have been one of the California
Scrub-jays that are seen regularly in Maple Ridge?
I'm in Maple Ridge and haven't managed to
see these birds yet. How far do they range? Also, I guess
they've been breeding for a few years now so where would their
offspring disperse too?
Cheers
Chris
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Derek Matthews