Do we have grackles!? *Boy* do we have grackles, but it's one of the few
birds my dog will chase out of the back yard / They all sit up in the
trees and squawk. We have a couple mocking birds that are doing what
they can to help, but...


Sew-Sew Lady wrote:

I'm down in Corpus, and I'm wondering whether you have any grackles in
Austin, as the females do a darn good job of eating the bugs in my yard.
They just march back and forth through the grass all day. I even saw one of
them grab a cicada right out of the air a few days ago. Between the
grackles, sparrows, and spiders, I don't have to poison any bugs.
Taking them (the grasshoppers) fishing sounds like a great idea, though I
empathize with the person who doesn't like to handle them. If there are any
neighbor-kids, I'm sure they'd round up some grasshoppers for you.

Windy in Corpus