Comments on: Quivira short-trip 2/24 http://www.underthemeso.com/blog/?p=107 Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:41:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Mike U http://www.underthemeso.com/blog/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-47 Mike U Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:09:34 +0000 http://www.underthemeso.com/blog/?p=107#comment-47 Hey Verne.. I have to correct my blog, because these are NOT starling, they are red-winged blackbirds.  Either these blackbirds or European Starlings are very common out in the open rural areas on the Plains. These are the birds you see flocking in funky vortex-shaped patterns sometimes... you will usually see this behavior around sunset and sunrise. It's fun to watch... I need to get these birds on video sometimes. There are a *ton* of them that roost on the tall grass that surround Big Salt Marsh at Quivira NWR. Combine that with all the geese that roost on this marsh, it makes for fun birdscapes at sunrise and sunset :) Hey Verne.. I have to correct my blog, because these are NOT starling, they are red-winged blackbirds.  Either these blackbirds or European Starlings are very common out in the open rural areas on the Plains. These are the birds you see flocking in funky vortex-shaped patterns sometimes… you will usually see this behavior around sunset and sunrise. It’s fun to watch… I need to get these birds on video sometimes. There are a *ton* of them that roost on the tall grass that surround Big Salt Marsh at Quivira NWR. Combine that with all the geese that roost on this marsh, it makes for fun birdscapes at sunrise and sunset :)

]]> By: Verne Carlson http://www.underthemeso.com/blog/?p=107&cpage=1#comment-46 Verne Carlson Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:17:39 +0000 http://www.underthemeso.com/blog/?p=107#comment-46 Hey Mike, That bottom photo looks like something out of a Hitchcock movie! Are those the birds that fly in the tight flocks that I've seen out there in KS from time to time? Hey Mike, That bottom photo looks like something out of a Hitchcock movie! Are those the birds that fly in the tight flocks that I’ve seen out there in KS from time to time?

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