Greeting All,

Michael Willison's Great-tailed Grackle was observed yesterday, 24 Oct 02,
at the SuperMall
in Auburn. The bird was seen at 1125AM and watched for about 10 minutes. It
was
with Brewer's Blackbirds and was feeding in trees at the parking lot in
front of the Nordstom Rack.

For some discussion about the variation in Great-tailed Grackles check this
out:

GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE MYSTERIES a photo discussion by D. Roberson.

http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/grackles.html

Dave Beaudette
Wenatchee,WA
drtbrdr at earthlink.net