Grackles

You may wonder why I chose Grackle as my name. It is a valid question. Many people seem to hate grackles, I will itemize some of the reasons.

• Grackles will eat huge quantities of grain and corn from farmer's field
• Their 'song' is not pleasing to the ear
• They will steal food from other birds if they can
• Grackles will clean out your bird feeder in mere minutes
• They are hooligans and will scare away other more appealing birds
• They steal eggs from smaller and cuter birds
• They will kill and eat small birds and mice
• They will mob anything that threatens them

So why do I like them?

• Highly entertaining to watch
• Beautiful when the light hits them
• Hooligans but don't seem malicious -they don't chase the lovely finch from the finch food because they don't want to eat it
• Singing is about as pleasing to listen to as mine
• Eat grubs and insects (which is a big plus in my book)
• Clever enough to soften hard food in the birdbath before eating it
• Gregarious
• Will mob when required
• Opportunists
• Like shiny things (just like me)

Here are some pictures I've taken (they are common grackles).