On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 15:26 Ryan Phillips via groups.io <norcalbirding=
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> 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.
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> On Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 12:34 PM Eve Meier via groups.io <eve.m.meier=
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>> 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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