Did a priority bird pair leave home 1,000 miles away because of the drought and come to our yard?

[Omaha Steve]

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Be sure to see the audubonaction below the Black-headed Grosbeak photos!


We have reason to believe we have a PAIR of Tricolored Blackbirds. They belong in California. The next step it to get photos! We have a marsh (habitat they like) in sight from our house. There is also a non-agricultural field there for them too.

We have many red winged blackbirds here, and we think this pair is not the same.

We have alerted the bird network in our area.

IF this turns out to be the case, it is huge news. Much larger that when we had a Black-headed Grosbeak 3 years ago: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022855346
The photos of it are offline apparently. Here they are again.

OS





http://www.audubonaction.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=67081.0&dlv_id=84290&pgwrap=n

[Hoppy]

1. Is this the same as the Redwing Blackbirds we have in New Jersey?

[Omaha Steve]

2. Yes

The map of their range.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-winged_Blackbird/lifehistory