[va-bird] Faquier Co. Nighthawks & 1000+ Red Breasted Grackles

  I was traveling down hwy28 south towards hwy29 tonight about 6:45 and at 
the entrance to the last newer subdivision on the left just before hwy29 there 
were at least 4 Common Nighthawks working the disturbed area just to the left 
of the entrance. I turned on 29 south and as I approached the exit ramp for hwy 
15 by Culpepper, I saw a flock of at least 1000 Grackles approaching from the 
Northeast. I stopped at the stop sign at hwy15 and as no-one was around, and 
my binoculars were handy, I took a look at them. They were actually all 
Robins, not Grackles. A Huge flock of mostly juveniles with spotted breasts.  
So I 
guess I shouldn't actually say Red Breasted Grackels(in fun) and I should know 
better than to make assumptions on speculation. But it was a cool sight seeing 
that many noisy Robins at once.  Dave White  Zion Crossroads

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