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NOT Boat-tailed Grackles

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"Speicher, James (NIH/NIAID)"

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Speicher, James (NIH/NIAID)

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Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:21:44 -0500

Bob Ringler wrote:
Jim, Boat-tailed Grackles at your feeder would be a more important
ornithological event than a Lapwing in Maryland. I hope you mean Common
Grackles.
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I've always called them B-t grackles for the rudder like thing they do with
their tail in flight.  Sadly, I see from the PWRC distribution map that I
will have to adjust my language. Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up
unnecessarily.

B-t grackle map:
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i5130id.html

Jim Speicher
Jspeicher-at-niaid.nih.gov
Rockville @work :(
Broad Run_S. FRED Co @home :)