Re: [cayugabirds-l] Newfield Red-winged Blackbirds

2018-01-05 Thread Claire Damaske
We've had a few Red-Winged Blackbirds all season, but today, there is a mixed flock of about 30 at our backyard feeders on Gravel Rd in Tyre. Claire Damaske On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:52 PM Nigel Dyson-Hudson wrote: > Dave, I reported to eBird on Sun 12/31 a Red-Winged Blackbird male at > ~10:45

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Newfield Red-winged Blackbirds

2018-01-04 Thread Nigel Dyson-Hudson
Dave, I reported to eBird on Sun 12/31 a Red-Winged Blackbird male at ~10:45 am hanging around our bird feed. I also attached a photo to the report. I haven't seen him since but he might have come when I wasn't looking. Now if he had only waited until 1 Jan. We used to see RWB males coming to our b

[cayugabirds-l] Newfield Red-winged Blackbirds

2018-01-04 Thread Dave Nutter
Yesterday morning (3 Jan) I was driving an empty taxi through the Town of Newfield on Elmira Road (NYS-13). South of Test Road is a marsh along the headwaters of the West Branch of Cayuga Inlet. The marsh is currently frozen, of course. Near there I saw 2 black birds fly east across the road tow