I think they may breed at Beck across the footbridge in the Russian
olives but hang out at Loves for food. The recently remodeled front of
the truck stop area reduced the wet ditch area where there used to be a
plentiful food source. I don't think they are there as regularly.
Sometimes they go across 4th toward the food truck area.
Spot is on my route on visits to family.
Good birding, Judy, jmeredit@xxxxxxxxxxx
On 2022-07-07 14:26, lars wrote:
And l checked Love's regularly without success for over two years across the seasons. It's about 200m from the Snake so water features are handy.
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From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 7/7/22 2:53 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [obol] Re: Ontario grackle
I think they have frequented that truck stop for years- I saw seven there in 2018. They probably breed somewhere close by.
Tim
On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 9:40 PM Paul T. Sullivan <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This morning I spent an hour walking all over Beck-Kiwanis Park in Ontario looking for the reported Great-tailed Grackle, without success.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S114530612
Then I spent 10 minutes at the nearby Love's truck stop, and heard/saw the bird while I was pumping gas.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S114531701
Go figure.
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