At 08:58 AM 3/1/97 +0000, you wrote:
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>> Hello Tweeters:
>> I have a question referance different types of blackbirds. ..snip They
were mixed in with all the
>> Red-wingeds.
>> #1: Is this normal?

Yes, in Oregon we always had a mixture although the majority were red wings.
Here in California the majority are Brewers.

>> #2: How pervasive are Brewer's Blackbirds?

I think they're pretty much everywhere.

>> #3: I've been told that this side of the Cascade Mtns does not see too
>> many Yellow-headeds. Is this true?

They like the marshy areas. We had two or three that returned to Fern Ridge
Res. (near Eugene) each year.

>> #4: The bird identification book I have says Yellow-headeds don't come
>> to feeders. Anyone else had them at their feeders?

Although not at a feeder per se, last year we had a gorgeous male who
visited the chicken pen regularly for the scratch that we fed to the chickens.

Happy birding,

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
It sings because it has a song"