Had large flock of Red-Winged BB with a few Grackles clean up my feeders Monday and Tuesday and just a few this morning in rural Blue Earth County.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:23 PM linda whyte < [email protected]> wrote: > Both Red-winged Blackbirds and occasional Grackles have been showing up in > the metro area. At Carpenter Nature Center a huge flock of the former > species showed up following our recent snowstorm. They're likely having to > adjust their travel-schedule regularly, due to our weather craziness. > Linda Whyte > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 10:00 AM Tanya Beyer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It's been on my mind each day lately that this is the first March when I > > have yet to see a single blackbird. I live way north between Virginia and > > Cook, but even so had felt that someone in counties to the south would > have > > posted their first of season sighting of our common blackbirds. They have > > by this time normally come a few at a time to our feeders. Reports are > that > > they're dying off due to neonicotinoid and other pesticides. By now--how > > drastic is this die-off? How late due to weather are many other spring > > arrivals? > > > > *Tanya Beyer* > > > > http://www.epiphaniesafield.com > > > > ---- > > General information and guidelines for posting: > > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
