Mark Szantyr asked me to post this...
"Virtually all grackles in connecticut year round are bronzed grackles or bronze / purple intergrades Purple grackles are extremely uncommon in south western CT. "
Frank Gallo
Sunrisebirding.com
I've personally watched and documented populations of Bronze Grackles plummet, during summer bird counts, early November morning Hawk Counts in New Haven/East Haven, and Christmas Counts, for several decades. They rarely visit my feeders, but I'm sure I would be grateful to buy additional seed for these amazing native Icterids.
Steve MayoBethay
On Friday, August 21, 2020, 10:03:58 AM EDT, FRANK GALLO via CTBirds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org wrote:
Mark Szantyr asked me to post this...
"Virtually all grackles in connecticut year round are bronzed grackles or bronze / purple intergrades Purple grackles are extremely uncommon in south western CT. "
Frank Gallo
Sunrisebirding.com
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