Hello Oboler,
I went to Dennis Office and saw Common Grackle Museum Specimen .We ruled out
Common Grackle,because Common *doesn't have brownish/rusty/buffy feathers
edging in fall.
I take Paul Lehman suggestion beeing a hybird Brewers - Great-tailed Grackle
Ruth Sullivan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com>
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; "OBOL2" <obol at lists.orst.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 5:28 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: [BIRDWG01] A vexing blackbird (with URL)


> While most of the comments I've received strongly agree that
> it is not a Great-tailed Grackle and most (except for the guy
> who suggested Brown-headed Cowbird) lean toward first winter
> Common Grackle in the middle of a tail molt....
>
> I received this provocative suggestion.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [BIRDWG01] A vexing blackbird (with URL)
> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:19 -0500
> From: Paul Lehman <lehmfinn at verizon.net>
> To: celata at PACIFIER.COM
> References: <3DC04081.14A3BB3B at pacifier.com>
>
> Mike:
>
> How's about a hybrid Brewer's Blackbird X Great-tailed Grackle? Such
> pairings have been known to occur.
>
> --Paul Lehman
>
>
>
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> celata at pacifier.com
>
> A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
> hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
> that amazes those with ears who hear not.
>
> -Neltje Blanchan
>
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