Date: 3/18/26 1:56 pm From: john nelson <dsgabaska...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Red-winged Blackbirds, Grackles
Had large flock of Red-Winged BB with a few Grackles clean up my feeders
Monday and Tuesday and just a few this morning in rural Blue Earth County.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:23 PM linda whyte <
<0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> 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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