[TN-Bird] blackbirds in Bearden
- From: Rikki Hall <rikki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:07:21 -0500
Yesterday afternoon in Bearden there was a large flock of birds on the
electrical wires in front of the shopping center with Panera Bread and
Marble Slab Creamery in it. I almost ignored them, assuming they were
starlings, but they were making different sounds than starlings. Once I
bothered to look, I could see they were passerines. My next thought was
grackles, but they were too small, and while their tails were too long
for starlings, they were not long enough for grackles. So they must have
been blackbirds. I did not have binoculars nor a bird book nor enough
experience with blackbirds to tell which species. The dry chuck call of
a Brewer's blackbird is familiar to me from my youth in California, and
I did not hear that, but these birds were just chattering amongst
themselves, lined up by the hundreds along the wires. According to the
range maps, Brewer's does not venture east of midstate.
I'm wondering whether anyone else might have seen this flock and made a
proper ID. Tips on how to distinguish rusty from Brewer's would be welcome.
Rikki Hall
Rockford, Blount Co.
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