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Posted by Bill Pranty on 17:09:45 07/09/05
In Reply to: Re: Storm Birding & Mystery bird posted by Trey
The short tails of the birds make them European Starlings not grackles -- and the white-spots-on-black winter plumage molting in on the bird on the lower left clinches the ID. No native blackbird or grackle has such plumage.
Best regards,
Bill Pranty
Avon Park, Florida
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