<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">eBird shows 20-25 Puget Soundsville grackle reports 1975-2022. Never more than one. Most include a photo.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Larry Schwitters </div><div class="">Issaquah<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 16, 2024, at 2:52 PM, J Christian Kessler via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">I've seen a Great-tailed Grackle here, once near Stanwood. And I lived 65 years on the East Coast, where Grackles are very common, so I know the difference between grackles & other black-colored birds. there are a few here, but they are very rare. whether the reported birds are grackles, I have no idea as I haven't gone to look for them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Chris Kessler<br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 1:21 PM Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class="">Has anyone else seen the grackles? The closest around here would be Brewer’s Blackbirds .<br clear="all" class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51)" class="">Hans Feddern</span></b><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="">Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class=""><a href="mailto:thefedderns@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">thefedderns@gmail.com</a></span><br class=""></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 12:37 PM Jenn Jarstad via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">My understanding is that Common Grackles are only located east of the Rocky Mountains. We have Starlings out here, which are somewhat similar, but not the same species.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jennifer Jarstad</div><div class="">Seattle, WA</div></div>
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