I saw my 1st grackle on Sunday in Marshfield! There every spring, en masse, stay throughout what must be their nesting period, then pretty much gone by summer.
A few years ago, I kept finding a birdbath filled with big "bags" of bird poo. Unbelievably filled up to and above the rim one time after a week away. A big mystery ... until one day had the luck to see a grackle land carrying one of these poo-bags and surreptitiously drop it in the birdbath. Apparently they like to dispose of their chicks' droppings in water, anyone heard of this? Only happened that one year, thankfully.
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Date: 2009-03-09 05:49 pm (UTC)A few years ago, I kept finding a birdbath filled with big "bags" of bird poo. Unbelievably filled up to and above the rim one time after a week away. A big mystery ... until one day had the luck to see a grackle land carrying one of these poo-bags and surreptitiously drop it in the birdbath. Apparently they like to dispose of their chicks' droppings in water, anyone heard of this? Only happened that one year, thankfully.