Thanks Dave for clarifying. I was teasing about the name of the bird. Swing and miss
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > I think Joe was teasing about using the term “Redwing,” which many Americans > use as shorthand for “Red-winged Blackbird,” because Redwing is actually the > proper name for a European thrush, Turdus iliacus, which bears some > resemblance to an immature American Robin. The true Redwing is an extremely > rare winter visitor to the northeastern US, so rare that eBird lists only a > single record in NYS, from 1959 at Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge. > However, the real die-hard rarity chasers have already seen a Redwing this > winter in Portland, Maine, where eBird lists 347 sightings of the bird, so it > would probably only be birders who want it for their NYS list racing to your > feeders, not from the whole country. You can relax. > > - - Dave Nutter > >> On Mar 4, 2021, at 8:53 PM, Marty Schlabach <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> We had four male redwings show up at our feeders in Interlaken today. >> --Marty >> >> From: bounce-125437516-3494...@list.cornell.edu >> <bounce-125437516-3494...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of Peter Saracino >> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:51 PM >> To: Joe DeVito <joeb...@yahoo.com> >> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>; CAYUGABIRDS-L >> <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings >> >> With all due respect Joe, I think not. I anticipate the usual late winter >> invasion any day now - for ALL to see. >> Be well. >> Pete Sar >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 7:33 PM Joe DeVito <joeb...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Red winged blackbirds? If you have red wings at your feeder, every birder in >> the country will be there tomorrow 😉 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:45 AM, Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders! >> Pete Sar >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to 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/ --
