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Index of Subjects Yes Roland, I did - for several days in late November/early December last year - it struck me as different and I took several photos of it and submitted them for identification along with a written description to Project Feederwatch, which I am a member of. (I had not yet joined NatureNS at that time). I never did hear back from them about the bird and, most regrettably, only quite recently threw out my spare copies, thinking that I had made a fuss about nothing. I still have a copy of my written description, however: " Blackbird shape, slightly smaller than a bluejay - starling size??, longish tail, ?roundish at the end, black beak (medium length), black legs and and black eyes. Plumage all black with marked glossy blue-green sheen. It appeared with a small flock of grackles and stayed around for approx 5-6 days, eating black oil sunflower and mixed wild bird seeds." Like you, my first thought was of a redwing, but it was definitely not that and, while there were similarities to grackles, that didn't quite fit either. The only other (and very remote) possibility I questioned was a Shiny Cowbird, which Project Feederwatch just around that time had confirmed a first sighting of in Nova Scotia - in Cape Breton, I think it was. A photo was included and I felt there were similarities - which is why I sent the pictures to them. Eleanor Lindsay Seabright, St Margarets Bay PS I also received these amazing photos of the hand fed hummers! roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Did you ever see humming birds eating out of someone's hand? Today I > received from a friend three pictures showing three or four humming > birds eating out of a woman's hand. > > Did you ever see a grackle with black eyes? > > Yesterday I put out my winter feeders. before I finished the job I had > five blue jays, two mourning doves, two sparrows, and a bird that > looked exactly like a grackle with black eyes instead of the usual > bright yellow ones. I thought at first it was a red wing blackbird, > but there was not the trace of an epaulet. Also, the bird was a bit > larger than a red wing blackbird. So the question - did you ever see > a black eyed grackle? This bird appears to be a loner. Yesterday I > saw a flock of about a hundred grackle - this bird seems to like its > own company. It was here most of the day. > Also, today I added a black and white warbler, several goldfinch and a > half dozen chicadees. > > Roland. > >
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