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Fwd: [MDOSPREY] Blackbird Flock Hotspots

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Joe Hanfman

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Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:49:03 +0000

Dave, 



Early in winter mornings, tens of thousands of blackbirds leave the marshes in Dorchester County. The Bestpitch Area is a good spot to observe them. The 2007 Christmas Count had almost 68,000 Red-winged Blackbirds and 12,500 Common Grackles. 






Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD 

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From: "David CURSON" <> 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:22:45 PM GMT -05:00 Colombia 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Blackbird Flock Hotspots 

Can anyone suggest sites in Maryland for particularly spectacular blackbird flocks in autumn?  See the message below for a chance to put Maryland on the Discovery Channel. This would be a great opportunity to show off some our wild marshes to a wide audience. 

It would need to be a site where really large flocks (>20,000?,  > 50,000?) can reliably be found. 

Any ideas? I'll happily forward them. 

Dave 

David Curson, PhD 
Director of Bird Conservation, 
Audubon Maryland-DC 
Tel: (410) 675 4963 



From: Cate Donnegoold [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:25 AM 
To: IBA 
Cc: Cate Donnegoold 
Subject: Blackbird Flock Hotspots 

Hello, 

I work for a Production Company in England creating a series of programs on North American Wildlife for the Discovery Channel.  I am currently researching both location and time of year for witnessing (and filming) species of blackbird flocking together to migrate after breeding.  No particular species is necessary, though they must not be introduced (so no starlings please) - I also believe various species will often flock together? 

Would you possibly be able to help me with some advice on timings and locations of particularly spectacular flocks, or indeed put me it touch with someone else who may be able to help me? 

Many thanks, 
Cate Donnegoold 

Production Secretary, Wild Horizons Ltd 
59 Cotham Hill, Cotham, Bristol  BS6 6JR 
Telephone: 0117 906 4320