Re: [Maine-birds] Grackles--nooooo! Brunswick

I will trade you my pigeons for your grackles.  At least grackles leave.

On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:01 AM, B G <bootsg@gmail.com> wrote:

Funny,  I look forward and spread seed every year for them. I love their sassy beauty and squeaky gate hinge calls. 

And, of course, they are native, House Sparrows are not. 

;-)

BG. 

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Delia Guzman wrote:

Sitting 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

Brunswick, ME

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