All running together here lately. They probly always have but I never noticed it before.

The winter blackbird flocks down here are mixed like that though grackles make up the bulk of them.

I have nevah seen a Crackle....

Love hearing the red winged black birds in the spring

They are sooo annoying..

I bet they are ! Nothing but "snap, crackle and pop !"

Yep, Ive seen those. I really like the Boat Tailed Crackles in FLA too .

They have funny posturing to each other.

I believe they are “grackles” maybe there are other names for them. I’m no ornithologist, I do know “bird is the the word”

I just now caught my misspelling! That's a frist!

Lots of Brewers Blackbirds moving thru as well, can be difficult to distinguish from Grackles. You are also in the possible range of Great-tailed Grackle as well.

There are some boat-tailed grackles also but they keep to themselves

The colours reflected in the sun off their black feathers is enjoyable to see.

Bird-bird-bird

Grackles down here congregate around the WalMart parking lots

Redwings are around water most of the time, except when migrating

Brown headed cow birds get shot when I have the opportunity, parasitic nesters. Drop their egg in another birds nest and as soon as they hatch they go to work knocking the other babies out and being raised by the host species

really your first.

I want to know how do you protect that bird bath from the shotgun pellets ?
I believe the real name is "Target birds"

they do clean up the acorns in the fall when a big flock like that moves in.