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mixed flock of red-winged blackbirds and common grackles

Agelaius phoeniceus and Quiscalus quiscula

Photo by AnnaWhipkey
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Field Notes

Description:

roosting birds, preparing for migration

Notes:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle/id

Reference Links:

Red-winged Blackbird, Life History, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

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Fyn Kynd
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Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

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Fyn Kynd
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Comments (4)
AnnaWhipkey
Thank you Fyn! I am amazed that you can distinguish identifying features from this photo of silhouettes. They were making quite a ruckus.
Fyn Kynd
This is a migrating flock of blackbirds. I can pick out what I'm fairly sure are Common Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds. They very commonly migrate together.
Seema
what birds can they be?

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