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These Blue Jays are part of our regular gang. They have been here for several years.  Take a closer look  at these beautiful birds. 
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​Spring 2020, we still have all four Blue Jays and sometimes a fifth.  They are part of the group that comes daily.  Occasionally, we  see the former fledges and only can recognize them because of several distinct patterns on the females from last year.  
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In spring of 2019 we have the two mated pairs.  We first saw two fledglings then another two fledglings.  There is only in particular that I will be so sad to leave.  She is very sweet and fierce.
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In the spring/summer of 2018 we spotted three Blue Jays in our yard and were very excited when they came everyday.  Around August we noted their absence for a couple of weeks then an occasional return.  September brought the hurricane; after which,  they did not return again that year.  In  January 2019, we were excited to see that the Blue Jays had returned.   In February, Abby was able to photograph three together and later we saw a fourth. 
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As of fall 2019 we still have several Jays.  We did not have the exodus like last year after the storm.   
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Interesting phenomena: Heard a LOT of chatter one morning.  Looked outside and saw "our" Blue Jays making a fuss.  A few minutes later they were joined in the tree (around 400 ft away) by about 10 other Blue Jays.  Those Jays hung out for about two hours and I haven't seen them since.  We are back to "our" normal numbers.  I am assuming they are our same ones that are ours.   I have not researched this yet but am thinking that perhaps those Jays were migrating?  Seems kind of like our tree was a rest stop.  Maybe our Jays were calling to let them know it was safe to stop here.  I will update when I find out for sure.