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["Don Carrier" <donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Common sense says you are right Rick. The tails displayed vertically just
put me in mind of the Grackles we had in Biloxi.


Don Carrier
Bristol, Tennessee

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Knight [mailto:RKnight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 7:23 PM
To: donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Bristol-Birds] Good Day Birding


Don,
Boat-tailed Grackle is unrecorded in Tennessee.  You undoubtedly saw
Common Grackles which, to most folks, have a large keeled tail.

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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
rknight@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Carrier <donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bristol-Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, April 02, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Good Day Birding


>Three interesting sightings today.
>
>First at the Lutheran church on Weaver Pike there were 2 boat tail
grackles.
>I do not know if these are commonly seen in this area, but it's my
first. I
>am positive on the ID as I used to live in Texas and Mississippi and
have
>saw plenty of them.
>
>Second at the Bristol sports complex (394 near the race track) there is
a
>Kestrel nesting in a wooden (Duck?) box.  It is behind the second gate
to
>the left. There is a nice grassy hill to set on and observe the bird.
>
>Got my first Ruby-Throat hummingbird of the season in the back yard
today.
>(Bristol)
>
>Also a new bird for my list still working on the ID.
>
>Don Carrier
>Bristol, Tennessee
>
>www.birdsgonewild.org
>
>
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