Stephanie
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I got onto the Sapsucker Woods bird cam and there are 5 or 6 gray and black birds I can't identify, but a blue jay kept flying in and taking peanuts. Two red-winged blackbirds are there, and I think a grackle flew in to grab a peanut, too. I used Merlin ID, which suggests that the gray and black birds are European starlings, but they don't have the yellow bill that Merlin ID says. Otherwise, they look like the picture. They're smaller than the blue jay, have a long pointed beak, and the markings on the wings are similar to the starling. They're mostly eating the suet and occasional seed on the tray.
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Here in the Northeast, we have begun (well a couple weeks back) to hear the Red-wing Blackbird return (I haven't seen one yet- I live near water, but not on it), and a couple days ago I saw a Blue Jay again! The Cardinals have been with us all winter, but they seem brighter lately for some reason. Yesterday I watch two brilliantly blue-black Grackles fighting with each other... could it have been a mating dance? I don't know- but they were jumping at each other, spreading their wings and making a racket! I learned in these lessons that the Cardinals are a different group than the Grackles but the Redwing blackbirds are in the same family as the Grackles.
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