The grackels are in the process of migrating. We had a flock of a couple of thousand in the trees here at the house this morning. I was so noisy you could hardly be outside. After about 30 minutes they finally took off for somewhere.
I didn't realize that grackles migrated. They are down here year round, making one heck of a noise and mess when they settle in for the night on telephone lines, business rooftops and trees. They seem to prefer busy intersections and around shopping centers. Also, when they are flying to their sleeping areas it looks like a great black cloud passing overhead.
Robins and Grackles migrate here. In the spring when the farmers are doing spring planting they really come in and walk the fields.
We have starlings here, too. Not so many grackles, except the Mexican boat tail grackle which is a big bird and makes the most awful noise. I throw rocks into the tree to make them move. dooley
Droopy, I think grackles are related to starlings. But they are a little bigger and their feathers are a shiny black with a kind of bluish sheen to them.
I had hundreds of crows in the fields around me yesterday. I'd never seen so many all in one place before...it was kind of creepy! Do crows migrate I wonder?
Netty, I think some of them do. We have them here all year, but not as many in the winter. I have noticed that the past few years we have had a lot more than we used to.
Birds in the feather. Where was your camera when the birds were there for half hour?????? Shame shame...
The grackles are more beautiful to look at, I agree. Our southward bound starlings have eaten all the berries off our Sambucus nigra, so there will be no wine from this year.
