What: Red-winged Blackbirds, Rusty Blackbirds and Common Grackles
Where: Norfolk County, Ontario
When: Saturday March 22, 2014
On the backroads north of Long Point, the woods were alive with sound. Actually it was noise, the noise of well over 10,000 Blackbirds!!! When they moved the scene was absolutely breathtaking. These photos are a very small part of the action that unfolded before us.
Other birds of note seen on this trip were: 5000+ Tundra Swans, 2 Eastern Meadowlarks and a big surprise was 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets.
Our thanks to Mike Burrell and his OFO group for allowing us to tag along on their birding tour of the area. We got to see many new hotspots, several wonderful species of birds, and met some great folks. After breaking from the group, Phil and I toured the backroads on our own.
Walter Fisher and Phil L.
