Will someone id this bird for me plz?

20ducks · Post by **20ducks** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:54 pm

I'm not a bird watcher or anything. It doesn't look like a starling, or does it? This one has me stumped, anyone know what it is?

Post by **sp3ctre** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:56 pm

Yeah, I know what it is... it's half an orange!

... no.. sorry, no idea

AlanL · Post by **AlanL** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:09 pm

Closest match in my bird books is a juvenile Common Grackle. Prevalent in the SE US with a range that extends through most of the midwest. Not common on the west side of the Rockies.

20ducks · Post by **20ducks** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:17 pm

Grackle=smart arse birds. Thanks for the ID.

My wife is a bird lover and has all these finch feeders and oriole feeders and woodpecker feeders. Sheesh. When she first started this bird thing I used to find a some dove feathers flung in the grass. Couldn't figure out what that was about until one afternoon I see this hawk swoop down and snag this dove. It killed it, took some feathers off then flew away. All within 10 seconds and silently. Cool birds those hawks.

AlanL · Post by **AlanL** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:22 pm

We had some neighborhood hawks who were doing a regular buffet dining stint off of our neighbors bird feeding stations so our neighbors finally put up a great big cage with wide bars on it and put all the bird feeding stations inside of it.

One day right before they did that I look out one of our second story windows and saw a large hawk in their back yard standing over his fresh lunch. Pretty amazing sight. Reminded me that there are many ways to think about your bird feeders - in this case they were feeding the hawks

20ducks · Post by **20ducks** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:41 pm

The hawks appear to leave the feeders alone.

So far this year:

Hawks 4
Doves 0

(I'm not a fan of doves/pigeons either.)

fire-n-ice · Post by **fire-n-ice** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:16 pm

Nope, it's a Starling - kill the bastard! They kill our native species' babies and take over the nests, building right on top of the dead babies. They are extrememly prolific and relentless in their quest for territory domination. I keep my shooting skills extra sharp with my little BB gun

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They are extrememly inteligent birds and have gotten the hint not to come near Fire's native song bird territory. I haven't had the pleasure of shooting one in about 4 months.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:19 pm

fire-n-ice wrote: I haven't had the pleasure of shooting one in about 4 months.

The other 50000 escaped?

fire-n-ice · Post by **fire-n-ice** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:23 pm

pvr wrote:
fire-n-ice wrote: I haven't had the pleasure of shooting one in about 4 months.
The other 50000 escaped?

Hell no! They just don't come around anymore. They got tired of being a snack for the local coyotes and fox

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:32 pm

Ah, thought you were just a bad shot

AlanL · Post by **AlanL** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:35 pm

fire-n-ice wrote:Nope, it's a Starling - kill the bastard! They kill our native species' babies and take over the nests, building right on top of the dead babies. They are extrememly prolific and relentless in their quest for territory domination. I keep my shooting skills extra sharp with my little BB gun .

They are extrememly inteligent birds and have gotten the hint not to come near Fire's native song bird territory. I haven't had the pleasure of shooting one in about 4 months.

Hmm - starlings here in the NW are almost pure black.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:41 pm

Same in Europe ...

fire-n-ice · Post by **fire-n-ice** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:43 pm

If they are juveniles, they tend to be somewhat darker. I did a google search and couldn't come up with any other explanation, other then with different cameras and different lighting, they could actually be slightly darker or slighty lighter.

Tetchmeister · Post by **Tetchmeister** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:44 pm

fire-n-ice wrote:Nope, it's a Starling - kill the bastard! They kill our native species' babies and take over the nests, building right on top of the dead babies. They are extrememly prolific and relentless in their quest for territory domination. I keep my shooting skills extra sharp with my little BB gun .

They are extrememly inteligent birds and have gotten the hint not to come near Fire's native song bird territory. I haven't had the pleasure of shooting one in about 4 months.

Hmm, sounds very similar to Human behavior.......

fire-n-ice · Post by **fire-n-ice** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:15 pm

^^^indeed...

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Will someone id this bird for me plz?

Will someone id this bird for me plz?