I have seen them here and there for at least two weeks if not longer, although there definitely seem to be more around this week than before. Below-species distinctions like that do often get lost, both on the listservs and in eBird, but are, in my opinion and as you suggest, worth keeping track of, so thanks for the reminder. Finally, for the sake of consistency I will note that the banding code abbreviation is RWBL, blackbird being a single word.
Cheers, Jay On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Bill Mcaneny <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t recall any reports of female REDWINGED BLACK BIRDs this spring. > Maybe it is just a memory problem on my part. Or maybe nobody finds them > worth reporting. The reason for my interest at this time is that we just > had one at our feeders. There have been one or more males around the yard. > But this is the first female this year. It is like finding a new species > because they are so different from the males. Perhaps a couple of you could > enlighten me on what you have seen so far. Dave N, do you have a record of > the FOY this year? > > Bill McAneny, TBurg > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
