[va-richmond-general] Re: Black bird ID

  • From: Erv Mueller <pondthree@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: katymwebb@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:10:44 -0500

Had 76 R.W.Blackbirds in the last Feeder Watch Report submitted on
 Thursday !

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Katy Webb <katymwebb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Martha,
>    Could it have been a grackle?
> http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/common_grackle/id
> Under cloudy conditions it would have looked black-brownish, but in direct
> sunlight they are beautiful birds with a purple-iridescence to the body and
> wings. I saw a few this morning doing their best to bully some house
> finches away from my feeders!
>        Katy
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Martha Hollowell <mah2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry no picture.
>> A flock of blackbirds came through my yard this afternoon including
>> Red-winged Blackbirds and Starlings. There were also at least a few others
>> that looked like a backwards Brown-headed cowbird - black on the head with
>> a browner body. Eyes were pale to yellow. Any ideas?
>> Thanks
>> I also finally have a Bluebird coming around.
>>
>> Blessings,
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