How do you go from blissfully watching baby bunnies hop around to being attacked by evil mean birds 24 hours later in the same yard? Grackles! And they have made a nest in the magnolia. I stepped out this morning to check on the bunnies only to get attacked Hitchcock movie style by 3 rotten grackles.
I have seen young grackles recently like this one poking around in the hens and chicks garden but didn't think much of it. They must be protecting eggs or even younger babies in the nest. Sorry grackles...your nest has got to go. And hopefully Mark can get rid of it today! Last year I watched in horror as a grackle attacked a sparrow in my backyard - killing it right in front of me - and then carried it off. I will not tolerate mean birds, especially when they are coming after me!
You may have seen the top photo on my Bird of the Day tumblr blog so properly titled "evil doer".
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