I neglected to add that several Rusty Blackbirds were seen in Central
Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) today, and at least one, in the Ramble,
was a near-breeding plumaged female in that special dark slate flat-
matte-gray color, which is among my favorite plumages in N. Am.
birds... (love Gray Catbirds, too!) & the first this year I'd seen in
close to breeding color. Others still retaining winter color (with
some Rusty, that is) were seen at the Pond & the n. end.
icteridae-ly,
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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