This afternoon I was watching a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds mixed with Grackles, and 1 single male, very black blackbird with a yellow eye. It was pure black with a very faint tinge of rust on its back near the shoulders. No purplish or greenish tints. This was north of Brockville, Ontario in the edge of a large wetland on McKay Rd between Mud Creek Rd and Jellyby Rd. Eve Ticknor edticknor@sympatico.ca Box 2206 Prescott, On K0E 1T0 24 Birch Ave Willsboro, NY 12996 "Be thou happy, be thou blest, from thy birth until thy rest.” (Quaker blessing)