I had a flock of about 15 blackbirds, most of which were Rusty at the Montezuma Audubon Center a week or two ago during a winter raptor survey. Certainly unexpected this time of year, but given how mild the winter has been in general, not unheard of. Nice birds and a welcome sight! Josh
On Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:33 AM Claire Damaske <cdama...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone else getting these? I live on Gravel Rd in Tyre north of the > thruway. We started out with 3 Cowbirds last week. Then 3 Starlings and a > couple Red-winged Blackbirds joined them. Two days ago we were up to 40 > Cowbirds and yesterday there were about 40 Rusty Blackbirds too! How > unusual is this? > > Claire Damaske > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
