In 2023, we were contacted by Kelly VanBeek, Midwest Grassland and Native Seed Strategy Coordinator with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, who was working on a Common Grackle research project.
Thanks to eBird, we are able to identify changes in the species and numbers of birds observed at Goose Pond Sanctuary, Erstad Prairie, and Otsego Marsh.
Although I’d consider a number of species to be more spherical than White-breasted Nuthatches (Horned Larks, kinglets, and many warblers), few have such an optimistic stance.