January 3, 1970 Count at Pyle Jr. Hi "Blackbird" Roost Location: NW side, Wilson Lane, Mary Knoll-Pyle JH. Bethesda,Md. 34,777 Flight Line "Blackbird" Species* Starlings Grackles Cowbirds Totals 1 13,900 82,900 13,300 110,100 2 6,680 2,005 715 9,400 3 21,600 8,800 3,080 33,480 4 96,045 413 16,525 112,983 5 4,342 270 3,012 7,624 6# 2,300 14,210 5,005 21,515 7 16,400 12,200 12,200 40,800 8 355 2,464 3,074 5,893 9 7,000 5,400 1,200 13,600 Totals 168,622 128,662 58,111 355,395 *Most recorders started at their posts at 4 p.m. with flights stopping by 5:15. Several thousand birds, mostly cowbirds and starlings, came to the roost prior to the count starting time. For example, Line 4 reported 20 starlings and 465 cowbirds before then. #This line did not separate starlings and cowbirds. Compiler separated on an "example" pro-rata basis 7,305 birds into 2,300 starlings and 5,005 cowbirds. Observers on Line were: 1 - Fred and Mildred Evenden 2 - Ted and Phil Stoddard 3 - Gale Monson and Bill Oberman 4 - Phil Dumont and Ann Evenden 5 - Edwin and Mrs. McKnight 6 - Henry and Mrs. Myers 7 - Kevin Mullen and Dennis Coskren 8 - Charles Mason and John Lane 9 - Peg Frankel and Marcia Lakeman