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Index of Subjects At 9:49 PM -0400 11/1/06, <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >Did you ever see a grackle with black eyes? > >Yesterday... 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? Well, maybe not black-eyed, but dark brown. Immature grackles have brown eyes. Most probably turn yellow by early October, but I was surprised to see a brown-eyed grackle here on Nov. 12, 1998, and have seen photos of an even later one from White Head Island, Grand Manan, in early December 2004. -- David Christie Mary's Point, Albert Co., New Brunswick, CANADA http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt
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