The Marauders Flew in to eat. Please help identify.
Jan 29, 2014 15:00:22 #
Nasty, rainy and chilly front brought in some very hungry black birds. I'm not sure what species, common blackbird or purple grackle? Please help to identify, try the downloads.
Jan 29, 2014 15:07:12 #
Raymond
Loc: Portland Oregon
jwt wrote:
Nasty, rainy and chilly front brought in some very hungry black birds. I'm not sure what species, common blackbird or purple grackle? Please help to identify, try the downloads.
Grackle!
Jan 29, 2014 15:08:27 #
Jan 29, 2014 15:12:43 #
angler wrote:
Good shots Jim.
Thanks for viewing Jim and the nice comment, always appreciated.
Jan 29, 2014 22:13:41 #
jwt wrote:
Nasty, rainy and chilly front brought in some very hungry black birds. I'm not sure what species, common blackbird or purple grackle? Please help to identify, try the downloads.
Nice pics., jwt, those look like Common Grackles of the purple race. :thumbup: :-D
Jan 30, 2014 06:34:10 #
Jan 30, 2014 07:04:58 #
A. J. wrote:
Nice pics., jwt, those look like Common Grackles of the purple race. :thumbup: :-D
Thanks for viewing A.J. and the nice comment as well as help on ID'ing these guys. Much appreciated.
Jan 30, 2014 07:05:51 #
jmw44 wrote:
marauder is a good description for a grackle
Thanks Jim, for viewing & the comment. Much appreciated.
Jan 30, 2014 10:56:39 #
jwt wrote:
Nasty, rainy and chilly front brought in some very hungry black birds. I'm not sure what species, common blackbird or purple grackle? Please help to identify, try the downloads.
They look a lot like bronze cowbirds, but it's hard to say for sure what species they are.
Jan 30, 2014 11:12:40 #
MBC wrote:
They look a lot like bronze cowbirds, but it's hard to say for sure what species they are.
Thanks for stopping by MBC, I think the consensus ended up as common grackle.
Jan 30, 2014 18:37:08 #
Jan 30, 2014 18:52:39 #
medavis43
Loc: Folkston, GA
They can definitely empty a feeder fast and push the other birds away. I hate it when they come through. Trees are full of them.
Jan 30, 2014 19:17:36 #
FLHam wrote:
Definatly Grackles jwt. They can empty one of my feeders in one session!
Thanks FLHAM, I thought they were, but glad to have it confirmed. Thanks for viewing and the confirmation.
Jan 30, 2014 19:19:11 #
medavis43 wrote:
They can definitely empty a feeder fast and push the other birds away. I hate it when they come through. Trees are full of them.
Thanks for stopping by medavis, and you described them perfectly, the trees had a couple dozen on standby while several were emptying the feeder. Appreciate you viewing them.
Jan 30, 2014 19:38:56 #
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