Starling or Blackbird.
Feb 22, 2012 11:15:45 #
Found this fellow looking to feed on some peanuts in the feederat a local nature walk. I am not big on bird identification so I don't know if this is a Starling or a Blackbird.
Feb 22, 2012 12:46:17 #
It's a Grackle. Son calls them "rats on wings". In the fall and spring here in San Antonio you would think you are on the movie set of Alfred Hitchcock's "Birds".
Billybuzz wrote:
Found this fellow looking to feed on some peanuts in the feederat a local nature walk. I am not big on bird identification so I don't know if this is a Starling or a Blackbird.
Feb 22, 2012 13:57:10 #
They seem to take over where ever they are. Will waste food and run other birds off.
Feb 22, 2012 15:38:49 #
I agree, Grackle, we have been overrun with them in the last 1 1/2 years here.
Feb 22, 2012 16:53:54 #
You did a good job on the photos!!! Very nice to see the iridescent blues and hint of purples in the bird!
Feb 23, 2012 10:06:26 #
yup, Grackle. I have a lot of them by my house. Beautiful iridescence but a nuisance. Cheers.
Feb 23, 2012 10:15:05 #
Grackle....and please keep them in your neighborhood. They drain a bird-feeder in a matter of an hour leaving the songbirds scrounging for food.
Feb 23, 2012 10:17:29 #
Love the third one,and the iridescent blues...aren't they the one's that lay their egg(s)in another birds nest???Then when they are hatched,they are bigger than the others and they end up killing the others because the "mom"can't keep them fed???
Feb 23, 2012 11:26:49 #
Feb 23, 2012 14:42:55 #
JENNIFER wrote:
Love the third one,and the iridescent blues...aren't they the one's that lay their egg(s)in another birds nest???Then when they are hatched,they are bigger than the others and they end up killing the others because the "mom"can't keep them fed???
Cat bird??????
Feb 25, 2012 18:25:11 #
Billybuzz wrote:
Sounds likea well loved bird all around. Nice colors though.
Grackles at roosting time.
grackles comin to roost
wire time waiting for a prime branch
DO NOT Park under this tree
Jun 19, 2018 15:50:41 #
While it is an attractive bird they are very frustrating. If you have bird feeders they basically sling the seed all over the place while feeding which makes keeping your feeders full kinda costly
Jun 19, 2018 20:32:05 #
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