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 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] starling, etc, flock, Chardon > To: [log in to unmask] > > 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. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]