[Birdnet] Red-Winged Blackbirds

[birdnet at skylace.net]

Today at the Bear River Bird Refuge I counted 5 large
flocks of Red Winged Blackbirds, and around 10 small flocks.
About 900 birds altogether.

eBird.org reports that even in January, 
(the lowest month for RWBB), about 10% of
the counts submitted in Northern Utah
list red winged black birds.

Regards,
Joseph


The refuge is mostly frozen over, so not 
much to see, but here's my list:


180  	Canada Goose
1200 	Tundra Swan
1 	Canvasback
2 	Lesser Scaup
15 	Common Goldeneye
1 	Hooded Merganser
25 	Common Merganser
4 	Ring-necked Pheasant
37 	Pied-billed Grebe
19 	Great Blue Heron
2 	Bald Eagle
23 	Northern Harrier
4 	American Kestrel
9 	Ring-billed Gull
20 	Rock Pigeon
1 	Barn Owl
1 	Short-eared Owl
1 	Northern Flicker
1 	Black-billed Magpie
4 	Common Raven
10 	European Starling
900 	Red-winged Blackbird
25 	Western Meadowlark
9 	Great-tailed Grackle
3 	House Finch
10 	American Goldfinch
7 	House Sparrow



> I don't know if this is unusual, but quite a large flock (dare I say 4 and 
> 20?) Red-Winged Blackbirds (both males and females) visited my feeders in Sandy 
> today.
> In 10 years of record keeping, I've had one single male visit in Feb. 2004.