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From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>
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Subject: [SBB] Re: What could we have seen?  (Rusty Blackbird)
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Yesterday, Chris and Cindy Illes wrote:

> Today (Sunday) in the parking lot of Big Lots at Lawrence & El Camino in
> Sunnyvale we saw a bird that I've never seen before and it doesn't look like
> anything from around these parts. Here is my best shot at a description. We
> got several minutes to look at it from about 10' away (cursing for not
> having my digital camera with me the entire time). I did have time to get a
> book out of the car before it flew off with the flock of blackbirds. It was
> overcast but lighting was decent (it was about 4:00 or so when we saw it).
[description snipped]

The description sounded very promising for Rusty Blackbird.  I just received
a phone call from Mike Rogers confirming that identification.  He mentioned
some shrubs in front of Big Lots where some bread crumbs had been put out,
and Blackbirds were feeding; and that he last saw it heading toward the
Starbucks in the same shopping center.

It's interesting that the bird currently in Santa Barbara (for several
winters) hangs out in a large shopping center lot, often taking breakfast
at Starbucks and lunch at Costco!  
									Al
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