Thanks Dave for clarifying. I was teasing about the name of the bird. Swing and
miss
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> On Mar 4, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
>
> I think Joe was teasing about using the term “Redwing,” which many Americans
> use as shorthand for “Red-winged Blackbird,” because Redwing is actually the
> proper name for a European thrush, Turdus iliacus, which bears some
> resemblance to an immature American Robin. The true Redwing is an extremely
> rare winter visitor to the northeastern US, so rare that eBird lists only a
> single record in NYS, from 1959 at Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
> However, the real die-hard rarity chasers have already seen a Redwing this
> winter in Portland, Maine, where eBird lists 347 sightings of the bird, so it
> would probably only be birders who want it for their NYS list racing to your
> feeders, not from the whole country. You can relax.
>
> - - Dave Nutter
>
>> On Mar 4, 2021, at 8:53 PM, Marty Schlabach wrote:
>>
>> We had four male redwings show up at our feeders in Interlaken today.
>> --Marty
>>
>> From: bounce-125437516-3494...@list.cornell.edu
>> On Behalf Of Peter Saracino
>> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 8:51 PM
>> To: Joe DeVito
>> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L ; CAYUGABIRDS-L
>>
>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Redwings
>>
>> With all due respect Joe, I think not. I anticipate the usual late winter
>> invasion any day now - for ALL to see.
>> Be well.
>> Pete Sar
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021, 7:33 PM Joe DeVito wrote:
>> Red winged blackbirds? If you have red wings at your feeder, every birder in
>> the country will be there tomorrow 😉
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:45 AM, Peter Saracino wrote:
>>
>>
>> Flock of redwings just showed at my feeders!
>> Pete Sar
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