Date: 10/24/25 3:26 pm From: Ryan Phillips via groups.io <norcalbirding...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Possible Rusty Blackbird
Nice find Eve. Looks like a really nice Rusty candidate. The bill is not
stout like a cowbird and iris looks yellow with that nice orange
supercilium.
Ryan
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On Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 12:34 PM Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> I’ve attached a poor photo. And here are my field marks:
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> Black bird with yellow eye. Top half back is brown, black tertials edged
> with brown, light brown supercilium, light throat. Feeding in the wet areas
> near some snipe and killdeer. No breeding male.
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> > On Oct 24, 2025, at 12:09 PM, Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
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> > Hi All,
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> > I’m at Parkway Lakes with a possible Rusty Blackbird at (37.2336425,
> -121.7596990). Trying to relocated it now.
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> > Eve Meier
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