I have had only a couple male RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS feeding on the ground in front yard, until early this morning when a blizzard of blackbirds landed out back under the feeders there.
The feeders needed filling, so I ran out and scattered new seed on the ground and filled the hanging feeders. Later, they came back: Over 30 male RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS 16 female RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS 4 male BROWN HEADED COWBIRDS Several C. GRACKLES 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS Many EUROPEAN STARLINGS When things startled them, they flew to adjacent trees including my Staghorn Sumac trees, where some of them noticed, "hey, I can eat these, too !!" Snowing here. Sigh. Donna L. Scott Lansing -- 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/ --
