I've been wondering when the grackles would come to Novelty (Russell) this year. The last 2 years, they have landed en masse on our roof (sounds like thunder) and started to clean our gutters--sifting through the leaves to get to the maple seeds!

Last year, there was a swirling cloud of maybe 10,000 grackles. They stayed in our area 2 or 3 days.

> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 09:21:59 -0500
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> Subject: [Ohio-birds] starling, etc, flock, Chardon
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> Many thousands of mixed blackbirds were streaming over Chardon High School this morning; starlings, redwing blackbirds, cowbirds, and grackles. It was one of the largest flocks I have seen in years; people were standing outside, gawking. I assume the moonlit night was an aide to navigation.
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