On Friday, September 18th, 2026 at 5:06 PM, Wim van Dam via groups.io <wim.van.dam...> wrote:
> About hearing Pinyon Jays. I am not very familiar with this species, and only yesterday did I learn how many different calls they have. The two sample in Sibley's app does a poor job representing this variety. This selection by Nathan Pieplow does a much better job: > https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/peterson-field-guide-to-bird-sounds/?speciesCode=pinjay > > Yesterday, I heard a flock along East Camino Cielo and they were making Pieplow's "Ree-er-er" call. > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM Steve Hovey via groups.io <shovey34...> wrote: > >> Oh wow! My son and I were standing outside a house just to the north of Bella Vista Park and heard a very strange call from a flock of birds flying over. There were about two dozen. After reading your post, I checked the call of a Pinyon Jay, and I’m pretty sure that was it!! >> >> It was right about 10am today. >> >> -Steve >> Goleta >> >>> On Sep 18, 2026, at 4:24 PM, Alex Castelein via groups.io <alex.castelein...> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Pete Wolf just posted a photo in Slack of what appears to be a flock of several dozen PINYON JAYS flying over Lake Los Carneros. Keep your eyes (and ears) in the sky!! Especially those in north Goleta. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Alex Castelein >> >> -- >> Steve Hovey > > -- > > Wim van Dam (Solvang, CA) > SBCO #410: Pinyon Jay >
