A cackle of grackles.
Ani
Grackles are a group of noisy birds, nostly black and quite similar to the Crow family.
Black bird
During breeding, Grackles mainly eat insects such as grasshoppers, bees, crickets, spiders, earthworms, snails and other invertebrates. They also capture live fish, eggs and nestlings and flying insects. During migration and winter, Grackles eat mostly grains, seeds, acorns and some fruits. Grackles forage on the ground and use their bills instead of feet to uncover food on the ground.
yep
because they dont have hands
when filling up your feeder add a small amount of curry powder to the seed, for some reason Grackles hate it and small birds such as sparrows LOVE it. -bird man
This must depend on local laws.
the feed them 4 weeeks
Yes, theya re protected by the Migratory Bird Act.
Meadowlark, yellow headed, rusty, Brewer's, Grackles, cowbirds, orioles.