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Hi Jan,
Could your black birds have been Common Grackles? You are much more likely to see large flocks of these than Rusty Blackbirds at this time of year. They do match your description.
Bob McDonald
Halifax
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From: jan foley
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 1:06 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Re: pine grosbeak and rusty blackbirds
Amidst the purple finches eating the fruit of our mountain ash trees these last three days was a single female pine grosbeak.
As well a flock of 25-30 of what must've been rusty blackbirds have been passing over...evenings to the swamp east northeast of my house and mornings they head to the point and marsh to the west southwest of my house. I wasn't sure what they were as they were flying high and only briefly past on the other three occasions,...but at about 7am today they touched down for 5-10 minutes to check on the birdseed scattered for the mourning doves and sparrows then flew off on their usual course.
The group was predominantly black with blue irridescent heads there were 7 or eight with duller brown plummage. All about 8" long....paler yellow (???) iris...?...can anyone confirm my I.D.?
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Jan,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Could your black birds have been Common Grackles? You
are much more likely to see large flocks of these than Rusty Blackbirds at this
time of year. They do match your description.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Bob McDonald</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Halifax</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> Amidst the purple finches eating the fruit
of our mountain ash trees these last three days was a single female
pine grosbeak.</DIV>
<DIV> As well a flock of 25-30 of what
must've been rusty blackbirds have been passing over...evenings to the
swamp east northeast of my house and mornings they head to the
point and marsh to the west southwest of my house. I wasn't sure
what they were as they were flying high and only briefly past on the
other three occasions,...but at about 7am today they touched down for
5-10 minutes to check on the birdseed scattered for the mourning
doves and sparrows then flew off on their usual course. </DIV>
<DIV> The group was predominantly black with
blue irridescent heads there were 7 or eight with duller brown plummage.
All about 8" long....paler yellow (???) iris...?...can
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