[mou] Clay County Gray Jay (the CBC bird)

[robert.oconnor@ndsu.edu]

Hi,

I checked on the Fargo/Moorhead CBC Gray Jay this morning (the 22nd) and
found it near 6102 2nd St. N. at 9:45.  That's in Oakport Township
directly north of Moorhead.  Assuming that this bird, a bird being
reported in the 6000 block of 3rd St. N., and the bird seen in the 6000
block of NW Broadway on count day (all Oakport addresses) are the same
jay, it's wandering daily through a territory a mile or so wide.  Much of
the area is sparsely residential with a pretty good number of feeders, but
it also contains fairly thick forest (largely sapling-sized deciduous
trees), fields with scattered trees and bushes, and evergreen clusters. 
And a stretch of the whole is riparian woodland.

Hope a few others get to see this bird.  Please post your sightings if you
do.

Bob O'Connor