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Birds

What is a Grackle?

November 27, 2009 by Corey 14 Comments

Grackles are of the Icterid family, the New World family of birds that includes blackbirds, orioles, oropendolas, meadowlarks, caciques, the Bobolink, and cowbirds. The...

Inspiration

Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night…

June 12, 2009 by Corey 5 Comments

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this...

Birds, Conservation

First Annual Rusty Blackbird Blitz

February 9, 2009 by Corey No Comments

Do you live in the southeastern United States (broadly defined)? Are you a birder? Then you should be helping count Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus)...

Birds

Tricky (Molting) Icterid

September 19, 2008 by Corey 15 Comments

Sometimes an easy bird can become difficult to identify. Such was the case with the molting bird below, a species that has crossed my...

Trips

Yellow-headed Blackbird Still at Jones Beach

August 18, 2007 by Corey 6 Comments

The Yellow-headed Blackbird I spotted back in the beginning of July is still hanging around the West End of Jones Beach. It is regularly...

Trips

Jones Beach Yellow-headed Blackbird

July 6, 2007 by Corey 13 Comments

When I arrived at Jones Beach on Thursday morning I planned to check out the area around the Coast Guard station for early migrating...

Birds

Red-winged Blackbird in Flight

June 24, 2007 by Corey 6 Comments

In the same walk that netted me these deer photos I also apparently wandered into the breeding territory of a male Red-winged Blackbird. Unfortunately...

Trips