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Index of Subjects I too have more or less come to the same conclusion about 'mine', Roland. Following E-mail exchange with Ian McLaren, he agreed an immature grackle was very possible - but he did offer one final, more remote possibility - a young male Brewers blackbird..... Eleanor Lindsay, Seabright roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Hello Bernard - and others who answered my question - > After a thorough search of my books I have concluded that > the bird was indeed an immature grackle. I found one in Sibley's - > the only bird in the book that resembled the one in my yard. Actually, > I should have guessed already because I had a bird like it in the > fall a year or two ago. This one had iridescence on the head and on > the wings but the back was a dull black. I assume this means the bird > was in the process of moulting and changing from adolesence to > maturity. As I remember the one of a couple of years ago the eyes were > beginning to change as well, about half way between black and yellow. > This one has pure black eyes. > I filled all my feeders late yesterday - this morning when > I got up every seed was gone. I think I must have had a large flock of > grackles visiting me early this morning. > > Roland. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bernard Burke <mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca> > *To:* nature ns <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Friday, November 03, 2006 9:25 AM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] re:Barrington Birds > > I myself have recently just observed a grackle with rather dark > eyes, but I wasn't sure if it just had wider pupils because of the > minimal lighting. Here is my example, after lightening the rather > distant photo: > http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/11/107612387/Large > > Bernard Burke > blburke@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:blburke@ns.sympatico.ca> > Dartmouth > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.25/515 - Release Date: > 11/3/2006 >
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