We saw a group of about 20 of Rusty Blackbirds at Viollete's Lock about 3PM 
today. First in flight at the river's edge and then perched as a group high in a 
bare tree on the north side of the canal just a few hundred feet west of the 
lock. Some quite black as in breeding color. Oddly, also perched nearby on a 
bare tree were 10 or so Black Vultures undoubtedly from Seneca Creek roost.

Doris and Phil Brody