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Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds #7802884
02/20/23 10:05 AM
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This morning there must have been at least a group of 30 plus males. Usually I don't see them till up in March.


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Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7802886
02/20/23 10:07 AM
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I am in southern Iowa and had 2 at the feeder this week end.

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7802892
02/20/23 10:20 AM
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None here yet but the birds have been singing.

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7802904
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We have a few around every year that don’t leave for the winter. Tend to group up and stay around feedlots big cattle operations during the winter.

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7802917
02/20/23 10:51 AM
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A few are here. Saw one male laying claim to a territory this am

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803010
02/20/23 01:29 PM
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They are coming through south Texas now.The golf course was loaded with them this morning.


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Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803013
02/20/23 01:33 PM
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Way too soon, here, snow storms , down to -25 in many places.

Love the red wings, and yellow heads.

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803040
02/20/23 02:09 PM
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Had a bunch show up this weekend. Eatin sunflower seed as I type this.

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803047
02/20/23 02:32 PM
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Planet is warming don’t ya know?

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803115
02/20/23 04:39 PM
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Yes the black bird are singing and the Robin are all over my yard...

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803131
02/20/23 04:50 PM
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We saw our first robin this morning. Poor guy sure is in for a surprise, forcast says 12 to 15 inches of snow heading this way and back to around 2 degrees at night . He better get while the getting is good.


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Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803166
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It is surprising how close to the same date ducks show back up here. I always see the first duck with in a couple days one way or another of the 15th of March. I would guess the black birds and robins are the same.


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Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803170
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There were a couple in northern Indiana at my feeder yesterday and today.


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Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803171
02/20/23 05:54 PM
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Tons of snow geese heading north the last week. Heard my first Killdeer today.

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803214
02/20/23 06:30 PM
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Saw 10 Sandhill Cranes this afternoon while working in the woods.
Heard several others calling on and off all the while I was out there.

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: Dirty D] #7803226
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Dirty D That is something that they are there that early. You must not have winters. They do not care much for cold. We will not see them here until the end of March at the soonest. Do you always see them this early? The only birds I see now are sparrows, Hungarian partridge and I saw a raven today. Snow buntings, snowy and great horned owls, sharp tail grouse and pheasants you can see in the winter too. I have seen chickadees too, but not this winter.


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Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803231
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Cardinals started singing here 2/1.
We usually see red wing blackbirds 3/1-3/10. Saw one last week checking otter traps. Earliest I’ve ever seen them here

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803244
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Red winged black birds & a grackle at our bird feeder last couple days

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803690
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Grackles showed up here yesterday, 2/20 (eastern Long Island), probably a few redwings mixed in but didn't bother to check. About right for them "here"

Re: Seems Early For Redwing Blackbirds [Re: huntcook] #7803698
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A month early here. By far the warmest "winter" I've seen. I work for a municipality and so far we have plowed the roads one time and salted twice.


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