One of the many "grackle guys" currently hanging out in my yard has a strip 
of white edging on his feathers where the greenish-blue of the head meets 
the purplish-brown of the back.

Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD (Montgomery County)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gail B. Mackiernan <>" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Aberrant Grackle


|A number of years ago I was doing the Sugar Loaf CBC and there was a huge 
flock of grackles at the corner of Rt. 80 and Park Mills Rd (when it was a 
farm, not a golf course!) -- Leo Weigant was doing the sector with me. We 
saw the flock fly and saw a bird with white patches in both wings! 
Yellow-headed Blackbird???!!! No -- alas -- just an aberrant grackle...
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| Gail Mackiernan
| Colesville, MD
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