In a message dated 10/16/2008 10:36:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mzwebby@xxxxxxxxx writes:
The bird was fairly uniformly brown with all black wings and noticeably
bright yellow eyes.
Each fall, I observe a few birds in my yard that fit this description,
uniformly brown with iridescent dark blue wings. Despite the fact that I
cannot
find this plumage illustrated in the various field guides, I have concluded
that these are first fall Common Grackles. Hopefully, others will comment on
your observation as well.
Ralph Wall
Great Falls, VA
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