Comments on: Rusty Blackbird Winter Blitz

By: Rusty Blackbird Sightings November - December 2009 | Rusty Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird Sightings November - December 2009 | Rusty Blackbird — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:52:01 +0000

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By: Rusty Blackbird Sightings (1) Feb - Mar 2010 | Rusty Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird Sightings (1) Feb - Mar 2010 | Rusty Blackbird — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:06:26 +0000

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By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:42:15 +0000

Thanks Christine and Kris! Hopefully some of our intrepid birders will make some sightings during this blitz! Thanks for the location tips!

By: Christine Perdue

Christine Perdue — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:53:06 +0000

There was a small flock of rusty blackbirds (6 to 12 in number) in the fields along Snake Hill Road for several weeks this fall and early winter. They were often feeding on the ground with mixed flocks of robins and red-winged blackbirds. My first sighting was Oct. 30; last sighting Dec. 15. I haven’t seen them since the significant snow cover in December, but they may be back now that the fields are open again.

By: kris

kris — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:24:46 +0000

I think I have seen these in Sterling near the Christ the Redeemer Church on Rt 7. There is a small cattails pond in the back of their parking lot and a creek that runs behind the ‘new fence’. White eyes, light blacky-brown and I couldn’t find them in my quick backyard reference card.
Good Luck!