Yes, it is quite different. Fran & Norm have a house in coastal Worcester County very close to salt marsh which is Boat-tailed Grackle habitat. The adjacent housing development and wood edge is very good Common Grackle habitat. So both species are expected.
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
---- Bill & Carol Moody <> wrote:
> in a response to an earlier post, MR Ringler included the following:
>
> 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.
>
> is this different? just wondering............
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Norm Saunders
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 5:53 PM
> To:
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] A Soggy Day in Worcester Town
>
>
> As with Rick's trip to the Blue Mash, we too had 32 species today, all while
> looking morosely at our feeders being blowm by gale force winds and
> torrential downpours. Best birds were a FOX SPARROW still hanging on and,
> during a lull in the storm, a half dozen RING-NECKED DUCKS staying late on
> the ponds and a flyover CATTLE EGRET, our first for the year in Maryland.
>
> Here are our totals (more or less in the order they were seen):
> Belted Kingfisher 1
> White-throated Sparrow 9
> Northern Cardinal 6
> Brown-headed Cowbird 15 (a more or less even mix of males and females)
> Red-winged Blackbird 30 (ditto)
> Common Grackle 25
> Boat-tailed Grackle 1
> European Starling 9
> Brown-headed Nuthatch 3
> Double-crested Cormorant 2
> Rusty Blackbird 1
> Herring Gull 10
> Canada Goose 28
> Mallard 13
> Carolina Chickadee 3
> Downy Woodpecker 1
> Song Sparrow 7
> House Finch 6
> Swamp Sparrow 5
> American Robin 32
> Great Blue Heron 1
> Brown Thrasher 1
> Ring-necked Duck 6
> Pied-billed Grebe 2
> Fish Crow 3
> American Goldfinch 17
> Tufted Titmouse 2
> Chipping Sparrow 2
> Ring-billed Gull 18
> Cattle Egret 1
> Fox Sparrow 1
>
> Norm & Fran Saunders
> Worcester County, MD
>
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