[Flycatcher]

Up where you live in South Dakota, you would have both species of Euphagus blackbirds (Brewer's and rusty) pass through. They're kind of tough to tell apart except in winter, when the rusty blackbirds really do turn a neat shade of "rust."

But you also have lark buntings in summer, so that's a nice plus...

[patlin]

we also have the starlings and they are much worse than the blackbirds even though they are quite smaller. They move in, in the spring and don’t leave until fall and try to nest everywhere, especially in the gazebo above the hot tub & under the deck cover by the front door. Nasty little creatures and nothing we have tried thus far hinders them.