[va-richmond-general] Re: Fw: Migration question
- From: WEalding@xxxxxxx
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:29:25 EDT
I'm with Margaret on this being a mixed icterid flock. The icterid family
includes blackbirds and grackles.
To narrow it down further, I wonder if the observer noticed the shape of the
birds - whether they had relatively long or short tails. Short tail would
point to starlings, longer tails would be blackbirds or grackles.
Wendy Ealding
It is probably a mixed flock of starlings, red-winged blackbirds, and maybe
some grackles.
Margaret
Would anyone have any ideas on this?
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From: _Moore_ (mailto:bobbim@xxxxxxxx)
To: _audubon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:audubon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 4:42 PM
Subject: Migration question
If possible, I would appreciate an answer to a question, or direction to
where I could find the information.
This evening, August 7, 2005 around 7:00 pm, we observed thousands of birds
flying north, then north-east. This lasted for over 15 minutes. The main
group (thousands of birds) took about 8 minutes to fly over, then the
stragglers took up the remaining time. I do not know the species, I could
only tell
that they were very dark - I could not see any color. The size was smaller
than a crow, but bigger than a wren. The song we heard was only a single
"Cha"
sound. I realize that this is not much detail, but we have never seen this
many birds flying over in August. We live in Halifax, VA, about 30 miles
east of Danville, 50 miles north of Durham, and 115 miles south-west of
Richmond.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me.
Thank you,
Bobbi Moore
Halifax, VA
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