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Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus):
John James Audubon refers to the Rusty Blackbird as the "Rusty Grakle, or Rusty Crow Blackbird" (Quiscalus ferrugineus, 1842, vol.IV). Audubon also reported that "This species is found on the shores of the Columbia river, and in all the districts intervening between them and those of the Gulf of Mexico, at least in winter and the early part of spring. Mr. TOWNSEND, who procured some on the Columbia, did not inform me whether it breeds there." John Kirk Townsend, in his "Narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River" (1839) mentions the "Rusty Blackbird, or Grakle, Quiscalus ferrugineus", in his "Catalogue of Birds, found in the territory of the Oregon". Today the Rusty Blackbird is mostly an eastern winter Blackbird (with the Brewer's Blackbird being in the west) which has declined in population over the past 50 years.
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Rusty Blackbird, male, Woodland, Washington.
Brewer's Blackbirds in image on the right.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Rusty Blackbird, male, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Image enlarged 200%, Rusty Blackbird, male, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Rusty Blackbird, male, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Rusty Blackbird, male, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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Rusty Blackbird, male, Woodland, Washington.
Image taken November 6, 2011.
Canon EOS 7d, 400mm.
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