On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:23 PM linda whyte <birds...> wrote:
> 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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