A single Rusty Blackbird showed up at my feeder today, much to my surprise. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Joshua Snodgrass <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2021 12:06 PM To: Claire Damaske <[email protected]> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Rust Blackbirds
I had a flock of about 15 blackbirds, most of which were Rusty at the Montezuma Audubon Center a week or two ago during a winter raptor survey. Certainly unexpected this time of year, but given how mild the winter has been in general, not unheard of. Nice birds and a welcome sight! Josh On Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 9:33 AM Claire Damaske <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Is anyone else getting these? I live on Gravel Rd in Tyre north of the thruway. We started out with 3 Cowbirds last week. Then 3 Starlings and a couple Red-winged Blackbirds joined them. Two days ago we were up to 40 Cowbirds and yesterday there were about 40 Rusty Blackbirds too! How unusual is this? Claire Damaske -- 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/>! -- -- 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/>! -- -- 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/ --
