Blackbird Flock

Very small part of a flock of approximately 5 million blackbirds. A better sense of scale can be found around the 1:41 mark to the end. Hundreds of thousands had already passed and hundreds of thousands were already roosting upstream of this river of birds. (75% Common Grackle, 20% Red-winged Blackbird, 5% European Starling) at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area, Boone County, Missouri on 17 Dec 2011 during the Columbia Christmas Bird Count. Our estimate of ~3.75 million grackles was the highest of all 2011-2012 CBCs.

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