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Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow #7589553 05/23/22 05:37 PM 05/23/22 05:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,599 Port Jervis, NY B beachcomber13 OP trapper
beachcomber13 OP trapper B Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,599 Port Jervis, NY	Looked out the window in time to see a Grackle attack, kill and eat a grown sparrow. Craziest thing is that 4 Starlings dive bombed the Grackle as if the sparrow were one of their young. [img]http://[/img] Last edited by beachcomber13; 05/23/22 05:39 PM.

Re: Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow [Re: beachcomber13] #7589555 05/23/22 05:40 PM 05/23/22 05:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,696 Sandhills Nebraska G Gary Benson trapper
Gary Benson trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,696 Sandhills Nebraska	Dang grackles have run off both bluebirds and purple martins for me lately, and then left. Redwing blackbirds are still here. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow [Re: beachcomber13] #7589560 05/23/22 05:53 PM 05/23/22 05:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,599 Port Jervis, NY B beachcomber13 OP trapper
beachcomber13 OP trapper B Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 5,599 Port Jervis, NY	Yes, I'm sure they run off other birds but I've never actually watched one kill another adult bird.

Re: Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow [Re: beachcomber13] #7589624 05/23/22 07:39 PM 05/23/22 07:39 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,600 Ohio N newtoga trapper
newtoga trapper N Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,600 Ohio	Bird flu killed most of the grackles off here. lifetime member NTA, OSTA, GTA

Re: Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow [Re: newtoga] #7589657 05/23/22 08:23 PM 05/23/22 08:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,193 MN M Mark K trapper
Mark K trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,193 MN	Originally Posted by newtoga Bird flu killed most of the grackles off here. When I was in Donna a couple months ago, there were millions of them.

Re: Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow [Re: beachcomber13] #7589690 05/23/22 09:17 PM 05/23/22 09:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 6,523 Wi. D Diggerman trapper
Diggerman trapper D Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 6,523 Wi.	When the baby Toads come out of the pond, the Grackles will spend days in my yard.

Re: Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow [Re: beachcomber13] #7589721 05/23/22 09:47 PM 05/23/22 09:47 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,600 Ohio N newtoga trapper
newtoga trapper N Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,600 Ohio	Yea we had thousands last year in parking lots and on power lines. I’ve seen 5 this year. lifetime member NTA, OSTA, GTA

Re: Grackle kills and eats adult sparrow [Re: beachcomber13] #7590089 05/24/22 10:46 AM 05/24/22 10:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,546 coastal ny G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,546 coastal ny	Saw a grackle once coming out of a flicker nest, he was there for breakfast.

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