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re: Things I Didn’t Know: Grackles
Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:35 am to Aubie Spr96
Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:35 am to Aubie Spr96
Bastrop, Louisiana, or Bastrop, Texas? It is my contention that these birds, with which I wasn't familiar 10 years ago, have steadily infiltrated Louisiana from south Texas.
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Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:48 am to Dingeaux
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I've always wondered why there are so many in the Houston area (Texas). But in Baton Rouge, they are nonexistent. Not that I'm complaining.
they're definitely in lake charles and i feel like you still see some in lafayette. i wonder if the atchafalaya basin acts as a barrier. or maybe they need a certain frequency of gas station parking lots in order to expand territory
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 9:48 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:48 am to Aubie Spr96
birds arent real
Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:51 am to Power-Dome
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We talking common or boat tails?
Or great tailed...
Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:53 am to udtiger
I grew up in the AP during the 70's, and those frickers were everywhere.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:54 am to Donkus
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remember in my late 20s being at an HEB in Houston at night the first time I saw a true infestation of grackles. That parking lot had dozens of trees and each tree had dozens of screaming birds in them. It was crazy loud and eerie.
Yea they congregate at dusk in urban environments. They’re apparently drawn to artificial light sources. The big HEB in McAllen turns into a scene from The Birds every evening.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 9:57 am to Dingeaux
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It's just strange that they haven't populated more to the east. Seems like the climates are similar enough.
We get a ton of them and Starlings here in Kentucky. If a bunch show up I usually have to leave the feeders empty for a couple of days so they can frick off somewhere else.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 10:10 am to BluegrassBelle
My biggest issue with them is they shite everywhere. Had to install some of those owl statues at my moms house to scare them off and get them to stop shitting all over the fence and her car. A lot of businesses have bird spikes on their roofs and fences to keep them at bay.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 11:46 am to S
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My biggest issue with them is they shite everywhere. Had to install some of those owl statues at my moms house to scare them off and get them to stop shitting all over the fence and her car. A lot of businesses have bird spikes on their roofs and fences to keep them at bay.
frickers laugh at the owl statues I have put out.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 11:47 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 1:47 pm to udtiger
Growing up in Central Florida, we had two giant Florida Holly trees in our yard. They would drop their berries in the early spring and the grackles would gorge them selves on the fermented berries. They’d then fly head first into our windows. Sounded like getting hit by a baseball.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 2:05 pm to cgrand
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a group of grackles is called a “plague”.
I came here to post this.
So does every bird species have its own specific group name? According to the google machine, No. "Flock" is a generic name for most groups however there are some other specific group names including, but not limited to:
Crows: A murder
Owls: A parliament
Geese: A gaggle (on the ground) or a skein (in flight)
Starlings: A murmuration
Finches: A charm
Woodpeckers: A descent
Ravens: An unkindness
Parrots: A pandemonium
Hummingbirds: A shimmer or a bouquet
Hawks: A kettle (when circling) or a cast
Larks: An exaltation
Herons: A siege
Penguins: A huddle or a parcel
Why do all of the black birds have bad group names? "Plague, Murder, Unkindness..." That seems racist to me. I think we can officially add that to the ever-growing list of things that are racist (like math and punctuality).
Posted on 5/6/26 at 2:34 pm to Aubie Spr96
The grackles under the I-10 bridge in Lake Charles all make the click clack noise of the cars driving over the sections of the bridge. It’s pretty weird.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 2:52 pm to bengalbait
I always thought it was weird that they were all over East Texas, but not in Shreveport. Sometime in last 5 years though we got them. Any major parking lot I go to they are there.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 2:56 pm to Aubie Spr96
Very good eating!! Soak the breast in buttermilk/soy sauce for 24 hours then flour and fry. Hard to tell the difference between dove or starling.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 5/6/26 at 2:58 pm to SteveLSU35
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I always thought it was weird that they were all over East Texas,
the official bird of the DFW Metroplex, this place is overrun with them
Posted on 5/6/26 at 3:58 pm to 777Tiger
My favorite bird.
A solo, roughed up, HEB parking lot scavenging, cigarette butt chewing, feathers missing, talon bent limping, multicolor oiled up, no fricks given, Grackle.
A solo, roughed up, HEB parking lot scavenging, cigarette butt chewing, feathers missing, talon bent limping, multicolor oiled up, no fricks given, Grackle.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:05 pm to Cdawg
I was in ‘Nam 1969 with that Grackle. fricker has 16 confirmed kills. We both have the same look in our eyes now.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:17 pm to Eighteen
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Grackles run shite.
It is like the Crips and the Bloods
Grackles and City Squirrels
Don't get in the crossfire of that turf war.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:45 pm to udtiger
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frickers laugh at the owl statues I have put out.
Yea, they can be hit or miss. I mounted one on a flimsy pole so it kind of shifts around in the wind and i think that helps freak them out a little.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:49 pm to S
I thought Kamala Harris was now a grandma and would now be referred to as Grackles rather than Kackles.
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