Blackbird Invasion

A huge push if migrants last night meant that Red-winged Blackbirds were very common today throughout Waterloo.
As soon as I stepped out the door I noticed two flying overhead!

Not long after that I was looking at my first Killdeer and Common Grackles for the year!

The highlights though were a probable Oregon Junco - which I hope to re-find and take some photos of next weekend, and this male Hooded Merganser in a large puddle:

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A GRAY HERON was found this morning in Newfoundland:
https://groups.google.com/group/nf.birds/topics?hl=en

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Don't forget to try out the bird song quiz below if you haven't already!

Bird Song Quiz #17

Looks like we'll be getting some South winds and warm weather after-all for the weekend :-)

Most people aced the "easy" bird song quiz from last post, and no one aced the "hard" one. Looks like everyone needs more practice :p
Or maybe I'm looking for an excuse for another quiz...?

This one's short and sweet:

(by the way, it's not considered cheating if you have to listen to the recording more than once! Go for it... no one will ever know).

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Bird Song Quiz #16

Thanks to everyone who tried out the last one... I think it was a bit too difficult.
2 people got 100%, and 4 got 75% - nicely done!

So this time, I'll have an easy one (hopefully) and a hard one!

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