Subject: Fw: [BirdYak] Grackle Cackle
Date: Mar 10 12:16:59 2002
From: Andy Stepniewski - steppie at nwinfo.net


Tweeters,

Tweeters might find this interesting, a message from Richard Repp of Yakima.

Best,

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA
steppie at nwinfo.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <Rich712 at aol.com>
To: <birdyak at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 10:07 PM
Subject: [BirdYak] Grackle Cackle


> Chirp,
>
> The thrill of getting out and seeing Denny's latest discovery triggered a
> memory of the GBBC (Great Backyard Bird Count) held over the four days of
> President's Day weekend.
>
> The most numerous bird sighted during that count was none other than the
> Common Grackle...by a landslide margin putting even Richard Milhouse Nixon
to
> shame. The top birds were:
>
> Common Grackle 620,134
> Canada Goose 399,845
> American Crow 319,976
> European Starling 276,588
>
> Red-winged Blackbird finished tenth with a count of 138,618.
>
> In Martins Creek, PA a staggering 250,284 Common Grackle were reported
with
> another 151,002 showing up in Hope, NJ. Almost 98% of the Grackles were
> reported east of the Mississippi. The reports closest to WA State were a
> couple dozen in CO and NV and a few reported at two locations in Eastern
> Montana.
>
> Aren't birds amazing? The species sending shock waves through our state
as a
> rarity cannot be avoided on the other side of the Mississippi.
>
> Later,
> Rich
>
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