Scene from Hitchcock's "The Birds" - I have only seen a couple

schmuls

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Tue Sep-05-06 08:46 AM
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Scene from Hitchcock's "The Birds" - I have only seen a couple

of grackles in the whole 3 and a half years at my house. But yesterday in the late morning, I looked out the back window and saw about at least 50 of them! They were all over the bushes, bird feeders, ground, even on my patio table. My cat was mesmerized. Then one of the dogs next door would run up to the fence, and they would scatter. This went on 3 or 4 times before they finally left for good. Any idea why this would happen, or did one of them just now see the feeders and they all followed?

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XemaSab

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Tue Sep-05-06 09:13 AM
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1. They're finished breeding

and they've grouped into wintering flocks.

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schmuls

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Tue Sep-05-06 12:26 PM
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2. That's interesting...I live in Southeastern Wisconsin. Do Grackles

migrate anywhere?

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vireo

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Sun Sep-10-06 06:41 PM
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3. I'm also in s.Wisconsin

Almost all of our Grackles will be gone by winter, moving on to the southern states where they will stay until next April.

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TaleWgnDg

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Sun Sep-10-06 07:50 PM
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4. Pity. Those damn birds don't stay there year 'round! Eh.

Edited on Sun Sep-10-06 08:04 PM by TaleWgnDg

However, the winter range of common grackles

is a tad bit more extensive than what you cite. Cornell's Lab of Ornithology "All About Birds" states that common grackles winter range is from southern Minnesota and southern New England southward.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Grackle_dtl.html#range

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edited to add some Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology urls re grackles:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/urbanbirds/BirdGuide/ubs_UBPGuideCommonGrackleEN.html
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Grackle.html
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Grackle_dtl.html

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