tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post3615751071501877356..comments2023-09-29T04:45:01.698-06:00Comments on Side Trips: BLACK BIRD FLYLeeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-54942143100430019952012-09-13T07:09:38.831-06:002012-09-13T07:09:38.831-06:00Ah, "Rusty Gate"---perfect description o...Ah, "Rusty Gate"---perfect description of that sound!! They are naughty guests for sure. Not paying a lick of attention to the fact that others need to eat as well. Kind of like the high school football team in the lunchroom. Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685492126157550044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-38691178050637482802012-09-03T10:42:56.173-06:002012-09-03T10:42:56.173-06:00I would give up until they fly off! You have a gre...I would give up until they fly off! You have a great variety of blackbirds. We only have the one-the blackbird which comes in either black with yellow beak(male) or brown with yellow beak(female). They are one of my favourite birds-for their lovely song and distinctive warning call. Of course we do have starlings too. Grackle is a great name.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941415622199071141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-36699850085221600922012-09-01T17:10:35.212-06:002012-09-01T17:10:35.212-06:00Great photos! September means Spring in my part of...Great photos! September means Spring in my part of the world so it is lovely to hear the birds heralding its arrival,finally, after a particularly cold winter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-47012800726485823792012-09-01T06:10:27.379-06:002012-09-01T06:10:27.379-06:00I've only seen the yellow-headed once (in KS)....I've only seen the yellow-headed once (in KS)..great moment for me!<br /><br />Now, the grackles..we see those daily. LOL!Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783813516976594115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-86870455050558837002012-08-31T08:22:43.411-06:002012-08-31T08:22:43.411-06:00They are beautiful and clever but gang up to behav...They are beautiful and clever but gang up to behave wrongly.(ΘoΘ;)Anzuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12722028319052970092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-72918244535476001082012-08-31T05:17:23.009-06:002012-08-31T05:17:23.009-06:00Oh come on it is a long trip they are grateful for...Oh come on it is a long trip they are grateful for the meal before the flight. Your herd of black cows thank you I am sure:) They are kind of pretty:) Soon you will have snowbirds eating off the white ground then you can write about a herd of white cows. Well that sounds wonderful hope it comes true:)BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-68245564376677078202012-08-30T20:42:32.751-06:002012-08-30T20:42:32.751-06:00Grackles- I had never heard of them until I went t...Grackles- I had never heard of them until I went to Texas- Man! they are so not my faves! Nice photos of them- nicer than they deserve! The other ones are lovely!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-64822511149166195312012-08-30T13:46:29.756-06:002012-08-30T13:46:29.756-06:00They have beautiful torquoise heads some of those....They have beautiful torquoise heads some of those. The mess looks like my dogs were in your garden! I'm forever sweeping up wood chips. The second one is lovely, the yellow head; hadn't seen that before. And I really like the red winged black birds that I've started seeing around here. Now that you mention it, it is mostly black birds I've been seeing lately! When did that happen!CarrieBoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760105674950918729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-28162553225389737392012-08-30T12:24:15.595-06:002012-08-30T12:24:15.595-06:00OH i LOVE your shot of the yellow headed black bir...OH i LOVE your shot of the yellow headed black bird on the cat-tails!!<br /><br />as soon as i read your title...that Beatles song popped in my mind...Blackbird singing in the dead of night...and now it's stuck!! <br /><br />you have some beautiful pic's here...those grackles make me smile...laurak/ForestWalkArt :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00285156023840252154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-11027958470030896852012-08-30T09:16:23.182-06:002012-08-30T09:16:23.182-06:00Nice shots i have too an ornithology blog can u vs...Nice shots i have too an ornithology blog can u vsit please, am interested in your http://joancabs.blogspot.com.es/joanca bshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965768046401020787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-75543716105787175232012-08-30T07:01:41.059-06:002012-08-30T07:01:41.059-06:00Those are some beautiful pictures. The first time...Those are some beautiful pictures. The first time a herd of grackles make a sweep of our lawn I was incensed. I thought they would devastate it. But when there were almost no Japanese beetles the next spring, I loved having them. For that one day, anyway.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-28990311539856087082012-08-30T06:55:36.241-06:002012-08-30T06:55:36.241-06:00I love red wing black birds !...as a frozen Minnes...I love red wing black birds !...as a frozen Minnesotan, I EAGERLY await my first sighting every year. And there is no sweeter sound to me than their trill as they stake out their trees...susan m hinckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10073318305866251569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-31205345390757862652012-08-30T05:59:50.968-06:002012-08-30T05:59:50.968-06:00How dare they! But oh that's right...they onl...How dare they! But oh that's right...they only have one thing on their minds...food!<br />Here we have starlings, that hang out in the barn in the winter time and make a mess...all the while singing (?) their ugly songs. Alicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973714830730420149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534124540070958712.post-1561534795226471612012-08-29T23:04:34.331-06:002012-08-29T23:04:34.331-06:00Nice shots! I laughed about the grackles! The robi...Nice shots! I laughed about the grackles! The robins do the same thing in our mulch looking for worms. It does get annoying. :-)Brian Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937257563835611400noreply@blogger.com