Twice in the last 10-12 years or so I had a Red-winged Blackbird male 
stay the whole winter, using the feeder daily.  This at the southern end 
of Snake Mountain in Cornwall.

Ian
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Lawrence, Miriam wrote:
> My husband and I saw what I think must have been a male Red-Winged Blackbird
> very briefly at our feeder this morning.  I say "must have been" only
> because I can't think what else it could have been.  It was pure black
> (including the beak) and just slightly larger than sparrow-sized or a bit
> larger, although it seemed a bit small for a RW Blackbird and we couldn't
> see any shoulder patch.  
>
>  
>
> Is there any other smallish black bird I could be seeing that I don't know
> about (there's no way it was a grackle)?  Has anyone seen any R-W Blackbirds
> hanging around this winter?  
>
>  
>
> Miriam Lawrence
>
> Monkton
>