Yesterday we had maybe 500 COMMON GRACKLES in and around our 
yard for day 1 of this round's FeederWatch.  Today I got up 
to find our backyard, front yard, and surrounding 
neighbours' yards *black* with grackles, easily thousands of 
birds.  And all very wet.  Amazing!  This is is Laurel, PG 
County.

(Oh, other highlights yesterday: a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 
[male] in the company of a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER [female] 
again.  No sign of the Red-breasted Nuthatch, but we did 
finally have a HAIRY WOODPECKER [female] come back, and we 
heard a PILEATED WOODPECKER calling.)

D

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Derek C. Richardson, Laurel, PG County, MD
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