The grackles will be migrating onward soon, so enjoy them for their ephemeral beauty and impressive numbers while you can, Delia. And while you're at it, look carefully at the flock for any stray blackbirds. Interesting things could be traveling with those grackles this time of year!
Cheers,
Kristen
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Delia Guzman <dguzman1964@gmail.com> wrote:
--Brunswick, MESitting here watching my feeders and, for the first time since I moved to my new home this August, I'm getting Common Grackles--looks like a whole flock--swooping into my backyard and hitting my feeders hard. They're coming in waves and just dropping in, like they were flying over and suddenly saw a great restaurant at my exit.Noooooooo! What's next, House Sparrows? Is my run of pest-free backyard feeding over?
Will they ever leave? Mine is a pretty rich buffet; there are about thirty of them feasting out there. Theirs is a terrible, glossy-green beauty. Were they just really migrating over and saw my place? That's what it seems like. I had them year-round in Central PA, but this is new.
Not the platform feeder! That Maine Mix is for my Red-breasted Nuthatches and Tufted Titmice! Nooooo!!!!It's like Hitchcock's The Birds, minus Suzanne Pleshette's getting her eyes pecked out.
Sigh.Delia Guzman
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