are trying to take over our feeders. I dont remember them being this bad before.

I am always glad to have anything live at the feeder. I have more grackles then anything now. During the winter about the only thing around is English sparrows and fox squirrels. I have a few red wings and yellow heads here now too. It will not be long the gold finch will be here. They are all fun to watch.

For some reason I like the red wing black birds. They really like the cat tails in the loss spot that is left of the pond the damage has washed out on.

Golden finch are some of my favorites to watch and why I put out thistle.

Here the grackles try to take over the feeders, and they're gluttons, lol
I have a squirrel proof feeder that drops and closes the feed ports if a squirrel gets on it...I weight the drop "cage" to slow them down, but the small birds can still get to the ports....it works a little, this morning I watched a grackle sort of unweight itself so the cage didn't close all the way and close down and it was able to grab some seeds, lol, clever bugger....

Just shoot 'em

four and twenty blackbirds - I know folks in Louisiana that used to kill them with a switch at night roosting in the canes

In our area, one pair per farm pond. I love listening to them while fishing. We never have an overabundance.

Around here, the red winged blackbirds nest in brush and cattails, on the edges of hayfields, close to water. They are super abundant in spots.

Keith

Love listening to the Red Wings call over the marsh on a early summers day while fishing.

I do too, I just dont want them on my deck scaring gold finches and rose breasted grosbeaks and orioles

…. Try this lol

Keith