Thanks Mike.
Over the past few springs I've commomly had mixed species of blackbird
flocks in decent numbers in Phelps by at least the 3rd week in February.
Sounds to me like a pretty fluid phenomenon....
Sar
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 7:19 PM <metetlow...> wrote:
> I don’t know if this will make you better or worse but 1 week ago Dominic
> Sherony and I had a flock of over 450 Red-winged Backbirds and 400
> Brown-headed Cowbird with only about 50 Starlings just south of Victor in
> Bloomfield. The flock fed around cattle and quickly moved off to the west.
> Quite surprising with so few singles reported. Mike Tetlow
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> > On Feb 23, 2026, at 3:29 PM, Suan Yong <suan.yong...> wrote:
> >
> > I guess I'll put on my pedant hat and say that any redwing reports in
> North America is a mega rarity. But yes I know we're talking about
> red-winged blackbirds :-).
> >
> > Suan
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