Is there a particular reason that these can't be Common Grackle juveniles? The tails are far too short for Boat Tailed and they even have a slight yellow tinge on the throat like the Common Crackle.
Scott Varney Moreau, NY Sent from my HTC One on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network ----- Reply message ----- From: "Robert Taylor" <rmtaylo...@gmail.com> To: "nysbirds-l" <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach West End/ Meadowbrook Parkway Sunday: Rough Legged Hawk, Blackbirds (not Rusty) Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 12:25 AM Hi Everyone, Thanks for everyone's help with the blackbird ID from yesterday - most are saying they were Boat Tailed Grackles and not Rusty Blackbirds. Speaking of blackbirds, at Jones Beach West End and by Meadowbrook Parkway I saw Red Wing Blackbirds and Boat Tailed Grackles. At the Coast Guard Marina I saw the same waterfowl as Saturday - a female bufflehead and 2 Horned Grebes as well as 2 Common Loons and Brant. There were more birds on the median today: Killdeer, Juncos, Mockingbirds. I met a very pleasant couple looking for a light phase/ghost Northern Harrier, but we found a typical one over the dunes. A crowd was gathered observing a Snowy Owl. Along the Meadowbrook, I saw the previously reported Rough Legged Hawk and also 3 Red Tailed Hawks. Good birding, Rob in Massapequa pic of the Rough Legged Hawk etc on my blog http://longislandbirding.blogspot.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
