Congratulations to Russ for finding the 1st Great-tailed Grackles in Josephine County. To my knowledge, none have been reported previously. Thanks for calling me Russ. Arrived at the treatment ponds about 2:30 pm and found Bob Wohlers there, checking off the Grackle. Then, we observed 2 males and a female. The one male was "billing," and the female was doing what appeared to be a mating display. So, might be they are going to stick around and nest. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Russ Namitz To: OBOL Freelist Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 1:29 PM Subject: [obol] JoCo - grackle, Flam The best bird species of the day, however, was a pair of GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES at the Cave Junction sewage ponds. "They're down here, just nobody can find them." ~HN Good birding, Russ Namitz Medford