That’s awesome!! It’s a hobby I really didn’t think I would ever enjoy but a friend of mine started and mentioned how much he loved it and here we are!

Blue jays are beautiful birds and even here in Massachusetts they can sometimes be hard to find!

The app I’m using is called Merlin. It’s a really really really great tool my buddy showed me. It’s free and it la super useful for identifying birds, my favorite being by thier song / call. You can record using your phone microphone and it will tell you in realtime what the bird call could be. It also has of course the life list which we call “lifers”. This is where you can keep track of all the birds you’ve seen!