Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Joe DeVito]

Thanks Dave for clarifying. I was teasing about the name of the bird. Swing and 
miss 

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> On Mar 4, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Dave Nutter  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  wrote:
>> 
>> We had four male redwings show up at our feeders in Interlaken today.
>> --Marty
>>  
>> From: bounce-125437516-3494...@list.cornell.edu 
>>  On Behalf Of Peter Saracino
>> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:51 PM
>> To: Joe DeVito 
>> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
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>> 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  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  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders!
>> Pete Sar
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Asher Hockett]

Year after year for 20 years in Danby brought Red-winged Blackbirds back
during the first week of March. The true harbingers of spring!

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 6:51 PM Peter Saracino  wrote:

> 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  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 
>> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders!
>> Pete Sar
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Dave Nutter]

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  wrote:
> 
> We had four male redwings show up at our feeders in Interlaken today.
> --Marty
>  
> From: bounce-125437516-3494...@list.cornell.edu 
>  On Behalf Of Peter Saracino
> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:51 PM
> To: Joe DeVito 
> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> 
> 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  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  wrote:
> 
> 
> Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders!
> Pete Sar
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Marty Schlabach]

We had four male redwings show up at our feeders in Interlaken today.
--Marty

From: bounce-125437516-3494...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Peter Saracino
Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:51 PM
To: Joe DeVito 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; CAYUGABIRDS-L 

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 
mailto: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 
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Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders!
Pete Sar
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Peter Saracino]

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  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
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> On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:45 AM, Peter Saracino 
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> Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders!
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Joe DeVito]

Red winged blackbirds? If you have red wings at your feeder, every birder in 
the country will be there tomorrow  

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[cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Peter Saracino]

Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders!
Pete Sar

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[cayugabirds-l] Redwings

[Peter]

Hey fellow birders, I saw a flock of red wing blackbirds (15-20 birds) 
yesterday at the MAC center in Savannah, NY while doing our weekly 
raptor survey for the refuge. Oddly enough, they were all male with the 
exception of one female.

Pete Saracino



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[cayugabirds-l] Redwings like clockwork and an unusual one

[Lois E. Chaplin]

When I see the reports on this list of arrivals, I have learned what that means 
for when I can expect arrivals in my backyard on Beam Hill. Right on schedule 
for arrival here, Redwing Scout showed up on Wednesday; the gang of guys showed 
up at the feeders this morning. At first I saw a half dozen or so at the tray 
feeder. I then looked at the willow tree to find dozens more. Back to the 
feeder tray - there was an one among the flock with unusual markings. He looked 
much like the others, complete with epaulets of yellow but he also had a 
yellowish/orange throat. The head and rest of the body was all black. He 
certainly stood out from the crowd. Any thoughts?

Lois Chaplin
Beam Hill Road



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[cayugabirds-l] redwings, grackles, brown-headed cowbirds, oh my

[Anne Clark]

Today, 15 Mar 15, at my feeders, 147 Hile School Rd, Freeville,  a hop-skip and 
wing-pump out of the Basin.
 
At least 6  Common Grackles and 6 male Redwinged Blackbirds in the morning;  2 
male cowbirds around 1600h.  With 2 groups of feeders and birds going back and 
forth, not sure of total redwings and grackles.  Several younger male grackles 
also.

The redwings displayed an almost continuous range of variation in breeding 
plumage development from 'young, very-dark-female-type, with a pale cream 
epaulet of sorts always showing' to fully black adult with red-yellow 
epaulet, under full control (sometimes showing, sometimes not).  I don't 
actually know that older males are able to exert more control over whether the 
epaulet shows but they seem to.

Also a local group of 10-12 crows was skittering around on the new snow 
gathering up something that may have been ash seeds blowing around on the 
surface.  I was too far to see the items, but they were picking things up off 
the surface and seemed to have to chase them a little in the morning wind. I 
have never seen this behavior before.  

Anne Clark
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[cayugabirds-l] redwings cowbird grackle

[Susan Fast]

This morning at our feeders we have 25 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, 1 BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, and 1 GRACKLE.  Stay tuned for possible exciting updates.

 

S.  S. Fast 

Brooktondale


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[cayugabirds-l] redwings

[joe Diana]

Hi All,
 In my travels around Montezuma on Route 89, I saw 2 male Red-winged Blackbirds 
and 4 females. I don't know if this is unusual or not. It was pretty quiet 
otherwise with a Red-tail watching the thruway and a distant Rough-legged in 
the grassland area on 89.   Diana Whiting
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