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Letters 76 – Aug 2010

(Un)common Grackle

Since reading with interest in the June/July edition about The common grackle (picture), I have been searching for this popular bird, as the article said by far the commonest bird in Bohemia was The common grackle. I could not recall ever seeing one before. I was amazed to read about its popularity, certainly I have never ticked it off in my bird book at home. I searched and walked around Bohemia – the Oval, Summerfields Woods, the Park, but to no avail. I could not find a single grackle. So going back to the original article in Bohemia Village Voice, I realised my mistake: that it applied to Bohemia, New York. So much for me reading the small print at the top of the article! Was I the only one to make this mistake? Yours with grackle (blackbird) on my face,

Eric Hardwick M.B.E.
Hastings Half-Marathon Race director

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