[nysbirds-l] Rusty Blackbirds - Sayville, NY, Suffolk
I took a quick stroll around the north end of the Brown's River at around 6:00 PM. I was delighted and surprised to find 5 Rusty Blackbirds. Equal to the excitement of seeing the Rusty's was the fact that 3 of the 5 birds were singing. This is the first time that I have heard Rusty Blackbirds belt out their song on Long Island. They presented great, long views until they dropped beneath the tangles and into an ephemeral area. All that remained were quick glimpses through the catbriar. The Rusty's seemed to be uninterested by the hundreds of flocking Red-Winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles that noisily flew back and forth along the river. Derek Rogers Sayville http://dereksnest.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Rusty Blackbirds - Sayville, NY, Suffolk
I took a quick stroll around the north end of the Brown's River at around 6:00 PM. I was delighted and surprised to find 5 Rusty Blackbirds. Equal to the excitement of seeing the Rusty's was the fact that 3 of the 5 birds were singing. This is the first time that I have heard Rusty Blackbirds belt out their song on Long Island. They presented great, long views until they dropped beneath the tangles and into an ephemeral area. All that remained were quick glimpses through the catbriar. The Rusty's seemed to be uninterested by the hundreds of flocking Red-Winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles that noisily flew back and forth along the river. Derek Rogers Sayville http://dereksnest.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
