tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post2162089472273478436..comments2022-03-24T20:10:33.938-06:00Comments on Rural Chatter: Birds, Nature and Environment: Black BirdsBeverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334121900896195207noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post-6958388897076894382008-11-03T06:35:00.000-07:002008-11-03T06:35:00.000-07:00Well thank you! Of course I don't have much troub...Well thank you! <BR/><BR/>Of course I don't have much trouble with Red-wings either... now that I know they can hide their red. A confession: I actually thought I was watching Try-colored Blackbirds for several days! LOL <BR/><BR/>With a five inch difference (not to mention that spectacular tail) in the two Grackles...there's not much problem there. Even the Brown-headed Blackbird isn't much of a problem; it's the golden-eyed birds that flummox me.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps if I knew for certain when/if I’m looking at a Brewer’s and not a female Common Grackle…I’d learn something. Yes, the Rusty is likely difficult as well; but according to the ‘maps’…I’m not likely to see one here. Thank the gods; they are only ‘rusty’ part of the time; they, too, have those golden eyes. Sheeshhhhhhh<BR/><BR/>I’m hoping when/if I do see a Brewer’s Blackbird…the bill is going to look significantly different than a Grackle’s…in spite of what the pictures in my piece indicate, the books insist there is quite a discrepancy. <BR/><BR/>Ain’t birding F U N ?<BR/><BR/>LOL Thanks for stopping by!Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334121900896195207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post-21739979756123839552008-11-03T04:08:00.000-07:002008-11-03T04:08:00.000-07:00A great post!!! And I agree with the confusion asp...A great post!!! And I agree with the confusion aspect of trying to sort one blackbird from another. However, perhaps I am fortunate in that in our area the only Grackle we get is the Common one, tho I have seen the Boat-tailed ones in Florida. Blackbirds aren't too much of a problem either as our choice is Red-winged and that's mainly it, tho in the past year I did see some Rusty Blackbirds in my yard. We don't have Brewer's here either.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your visit to my blog and your lovely comments.<BR/>annme ann my camerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083671096943783249noreply@blogger.com