Common Grackle
“On March 16 I noticed Common grackles arriving in decent numbers.”
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Song Sparrows and good numbers of male Red-winged Blackbirds arrived the last week in February - staking out their territories along the Scarborough Marsh and Gull Crest wetlands, as did Common Grackles - announcing their arrival with croak like whistles and iridescent bluish hoods.
Additionally several Brown creepers, a single Ruby crowned Kinglet, one-to-many Red-winged Blackbirds and massive mob of Common Grackles all sang, croaked and whistled in perfect harmony along the fringes, where woods meet marsh.
On March 16 I noticed Common grackles arriving in decent numbers.
On the first day of March along Salt Spray Lane a lone first of season Common Grackle was making its presence known.
On the last day of February in the two prior years Cape had already started to see Common Grackles announcing their arrival with croak-like whistles and iridescent bluish hoods and Woodcocks were sounding off deep within the Gull Crest Marsh.
A family of Common Grackles also showed up.
The highest concentrations of reported illnesses are with Robins, Blue Jays and Common Grackles.
As for my limited field notes, on March 6 two Song Sparrows arrived in our yard as did a very cautious Common Grackle.
Later on that day I spotted my first Common Grackle of the season perched atop a Maple tree in Gull Crest.
Additionally on March 13 northbound travelers visiting our backyard included a Red-winged Blackbird, a Common Grackle and four Brown-headed Cowbirds.
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On the last day of February in the three prior years Cape had already started to see Common Grackles announcing their arrival with croak-like whistles and iridescent bluish hoods and Woodcocks were sounding off deep within the Gull Crest Marsh.
Lastly, on the warm late afternoon of August 11, several noisy Common Grackles along with a male Baltimore Oriole, two Gray Catbirds and a Red-breasted Nuthatch gathered at the suet feeder in my backyard.