We saw a huge flock come through our yard today. We got video this year, but I haven’t been able to view it yet to determine whether they were grackles or starlings or something else. It is raining and they were flying fast, not stopping long.
I looked over my notes from last year and saw that they flew through this same week, perhaps even on this very day. I wrote on December 7th that “this week we had a large flock come through”. Today is December 4th. I also wrote last year that “they came through at this time last year, as well”. Unfortunately, I didn’t know the importance at that time of recording exact dates, but as near as I can pinpoint it, it seems as if they fly through the first week in December every year, and possibly even on December 4th each year. We’ll have to wait until next year to know for sure!! I’ll try to upload the video from this year and the photos from last year soon.
