I had a large flock of about 40 red-wings visiting my feeder and large cedar on Tuesday.. Most seemed to be first year (?) males, with brown edges to feathers, some with only faint red on shoulders, but there was ONe among them that I believe was female... Much lighter on throat with more definite markings, and no traces of red.
    In the mix were 2 male Brown headed cowbirds, and 3 male Grackles

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On Apr 1, 2015, at 11:02 PM, Chris Rimmer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The Rough-legged Hawk was still present at the bottom of Stevens Road in Norwich this morning.  At Kendall Station were a Great Blue Heron, 4 Song Sparrows (1 singing), 35 Common Grackles, 30 Red-winged Blackbirds, and 6 Brown-headed Cowbirds.  I was surprised to see 2 females with 4 male cowbirds - all the grackles and red-wings were male.
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> Chris
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