Subject: living with Grackles
Date: Oct 31 10:40:54 2002
From: MARK BILTZ - vickibiltz at msn.com


Tweeters,
I have found all this fuss about the blackbird hybrid so enjoyable!!! I was glad to finally get to see Ruth's photos, and wonder at the familiarity of the Common Grackles, and the possibility of it being hybridized with Common. I grew up with these guys, who were often chased away from feeders, and whose noise was irritating to say the least, to most homeowners who had feeders out. But of course now I miss them terribly (I grew up in Kansas, where I started my birding). I am certainly no expert at the Grackle nor the Blackbird family, and of course I have not had the opportunity to venture down to see the bird in question, but am enjoying the conversation immensely!!

Vicki Biltz Bonney Lake Wa.
vickibiltz at msn.com