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LOUD 'blackbirds' around here. (Original Post)
elleng
Oct 2021
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Different varieties of blackbirds hang out in these large flocks in the winter. Starlings grackles
Walleye
Oct 2021
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(52,253 posts)1. I remember the grackles in austin. Very loud!
lastlib
(23,248 posts)2. Crows, maybe? Grackles? Or starlings?
Get an airhorn out and get rid of 'em.
elleng
(130,974 posts)3. I can't tell, but one was close enough for a pic but missed it.
No colors, so not starlings, I think.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)4. Different varieties of blackbirds hang out in these large flocks in the winter. Starlings grackles
Redwing blackbirds, brown headed cowbirds sometimes, all together. They sure do make quite a racket when they all gather in one tree. Happens here sometimes then they swarm the yard. Some of those huge flocks you will see, I have read, have hundreds of thousands of birds. I love to watch the large flocks swarm and turn like a school of fish
elleng
(130,974 posts)5. Ditto, I enjoy watching them too, but
'chicken' me not going out, due to chill and wind.
Walleye
(31,028 posts)6. I can relate. I'm sitting here trying to decide how many clothes I need to pile on to go outside
Probably even going to have to wear socks today
I ALWAYS wear socks, even to bed!
My favorite 'intermediate' jacket being repaired, so not at ALL sure what I'll wear out for a while; Tues-Wed-Thurs 'nicely' moderate temps forecast, so easier.
Diamond_Dog
(32,006 posts)7. The darned grackles around here
Will swarm all over my bird feeder and clean it out in minutes.