Hi Tweeters,

Marv Breece left a message on our home phone Friday afternoon saying
he had found a Rusty Blackbird in a large flock (1000+) of blackbirds
along Marion Drain Road just east of Lateral C. My wife and I were
in Edmonds yesterday, so I wasn't able to try to find it until this afternoon.


While scanning with my scope through the many, many Red-winged and
Brewer's Blackbirds, with some Brown-headed Cowbirds and many
starlings mixed in, I took several photos of a bird I thought was the
Rusty Blackbird. This evening I loaded my photos onto my computer
and I think I did get a decent photo of it. There may also be a
female Rusty Blackbird in the photo. The photo is in the new photos
folder on my website.

I am interested in comments on these two birds.

Denny Granstrand
Yakima, WA
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* Denny Granstrand *
* Yakima, WA *
* dgranstrand at charter.net *
* Denny's bird photos can be seen online at: *
http://granstrand.net/gallery/