Hi everybody,
 I just came in from my morning stroll around the backyard with the  dog. 
Lots of robins around this morning, feeding in my yard and the adjacent  fields, 
along with mixed blackbird flocks. When I took a closer look (with  
binoculars) at a pair of what I thought were grackles feeding on the ground in  the 
corner of the yard, they turned out to be a pair of (male) RUSTY BLACKBIRDS,  yard 
bird # 85!!  They were flipping over leaves in the grass out in the  open, 
sort of like they do in the woods. Amazing. I wouldn't have thought  of this 
bird to appear  here. I've actually been going out in the evenings  close to dusk 
to listen for woodcocks, which I thought would be the next new  species to 
show up, but so far no luck.
 
Now if I could set up something like Andy Martin has and listen for night  
migrants, I'm sure I'd reach 100 in no time.
 
Good birding, 
Rick Sussman
Woodbine, MD
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