Date: 3/18/26 10:23 am From: linda whyte <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles
Both Red-winged Blackbirds and occasional Grackles have been showing up in
the metro area. At Carpenter Nature Center a huge flock of the former
species showed up following our recent snowstorm. They're likely having to
adjust their travel-schedule regularly, due to our weather craziness.
Linda Whyte
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026, 10:00 AM Tanya Beyer <epiphaniesafield...>
wrote:
> It's been on my mind each day lately that this is the first March when I
> have yet to see a single blackbird. I live way north between Virginia and
> Cook, but even so had felt that someone in counties to the south would have
> posted their first of season sighting of our common blackbirds. They have
> by this time normally come a few at a time to our feeders. Reports are that
> they're dying off due to neonicotinoid and other pesticides. By now--how
> drastic is this die-off? How late due to weather are many other spring
> arrivals?
>
> *Tanya Beyer*
>
> http://www.epiphaniesafield.com >
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