Bronx Zoo has a couple sites where Rusty Blackbirds have been in (eBird
noteworthy) numbers, showing fidelity especially for the Lydig Swamp Pond
by parking lot A, Northern Ponds waterfowl exhibit, and wooded creek
drainage North side of Children's Zoo. There were 11 birds today
distributed betw
Around noon today I checked the fresh water wet lands by the Mashomack
Preserve
visitor center for the third time this year and was able to find 8 Rusty
Blackbirds, 5 males and 3 females. I reported it at e-bird, hope it reached
the research group.
Orhan Birol
Shelter Island
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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 C
High Rock Park, Wedn., 4/10
5:40-6:40pm
There was a flock of 14 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS singing loudly, high in the trees at
the Greta Moulton loop trail/first swamp from parking lot.
These birds are apparently moving quite a bit as they were not there when I
first arrived and they were not seen in ei
Five Rusty Blackbirds were seen gleaning the edges of the third
(unnamed) pond south of Grumman Blvd at about 1 PM this afternoon,
accompanied by one Killdeer.
Peggy & Joel Horman
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At around 12 PM yesterday (12/12/12) I birded Kissena park.
Got a flock of rusty blackbirds (7 birds) at Kissena park, in the meadow east
of the Velodrome. Also a late brown thrasher in the same area.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14667149@N00/8270608312/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14667149
I took a quick stroll around the north end of the Brown's River at around
6:00 PM. I was delighted and surprised to find 5 Rusty Blackbirds. Equal to
the excitement of seeing the Rusty's was the fact that 3 of the 5 birds
were singing. This is the first time that I have heard Rusty Blackbirds
belt