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Canada
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Ron Pittaway and I saw 5 Canada Jays on Spruce Bog Boardwalk trail.
Our first three were a family group where the trail leaves the woods
and crosses the bog, and the second group was a duo in the woods
past the bog. The friendly jays silently appeared. 28 December 2019. |
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Many thanks to Dan Strickland and Matt Fuirst whose continuing
Canada Jay research in Algonquin Park provided the colour band
combinations with details about each individual, and Ron Tozer for
forwarding the information. All ages as of April 2020. |
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Family Group of 3 at Sunday Creek |
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Canada Jay 1. The first band combination
we recorded was OOTL TOSR (orange over pale blue on left;
pale blue over standard on right). This Canada Jay is almost one
year old and is the dominant first year bird still with its parents
on the territory where it hatched. Spruce
Bog Boardwalk on 28 December 2019. |
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Canada Jay 1. Another photo of the dominant young Canada Jay OOTL
TOSR (orange over pale blue on left;
pale blue over standard on right).
Canada Jays love soft food. We brought white cheese, dried
cranberries, small pieces of steak, ham, brown bread. They don`t eat
nuts. It flew down for food to take away and store. Spruce Bog Boardwalk on 28 December 2019. |
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Canada Jay 2: Band
combination TOSL BOGR (pale blue over standard on left, blue over
green on right). This Canada Jay is a 5 year-old female, parent of
Number 1 and paired with Number 3. Spruce Bog Boardwalk on 28 December 2019 |
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Canada Jay 2: Another photo of female parent TOSL BOGR (Pale
blue over standard on left; blue over green on right). Spruce Bog Boardwalk on
28 December 2019 |
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Canada Jay 3:
Band combination YOSL OOYR.
(yellow over standard on left; orange over yellow on right). This
Canada Jay is a male, at least 9 years old, parent of Number 1 and
mated to Number 2. All the Canada Jays loved soft food: white
cheese, dried cranberries, small pieces of steak, ham, brown bread. Spruce Bog Boardwalk on 28 December 2019. |
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Canada Jay 3:
Another photo of the male parent YOSL OOYR
(yellow over standard on left; orange over yellow on right). Canada
Jay 3 also came to the main parking lot, where this photo was taken. Spruce Bog Boardwalk on
28 December 2019. |
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Group of 2 Across Boardwalk |
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Canada Jay 4:
Band combination KOSL KOBR (pink over standard on left; pink over
blue on right). This Canada Jay is a female at least 4 years old,
and is paired with Canada Jay 5. They were in spruce woods across
the boardwalk. Spruce Bog
Boardwalk on 28 December 2019. |
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Canada Jay 4:
Another photo of female KOSL KOBR (pink over standard on left; pink
over blue on right) as it came to check out bread and other treats. Spruce Bog Boardwalk on 28 December 2019. |
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Canada Jay 5:
Band combination KOSL GOBR (pink over standard on left; green over
blue on right). This Canada Jay is a 2 year-old male and is paired
with Canada Jay 4. There were just the two without an offspring. Spruce Bog Boardwalk on 28 December 2019. |
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Canada Jay 5:
Another photo of 2 year-old male KOSL GOBR taking brown bread to
store.
Spruce Bog Boardwalk on 28 December 2019. |
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