escape wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:23:22 -0600, Katra opined:
They are native birds.


Duh.
And humans are native to the planet (altho' there are some theorists
that say otherwise), but that does not make our overpopulation any less
destructive.

Native birds or not, that does not mean that an over-population of a
"native species" cannot do damage to the _other_ "native speices"!!!

Do you really want only ONE type of bird to inhabit the entire planet???


Please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say that. Grackles are native
birds meaning they are not here to displace other native species. There is room
for them when we don't bulldoze everything in sight so they have been displaced.
Grackles travel in huge flocks, sometimes into the tens of thousands. IT's
their natural way of life.


There are two types of grackle. With the first, larger type grackle, the
male is large and black while the female is a smaller brown bird. They
live more soliitary lives, though they do congregate. With the smaller
type both male and female are black and near the same size. They flock
and are migratory. They were in town a couple weeks back, most are
probably moved on by now.

When I was growing up in South Texas there was a single large male that
stayed near a pond not far from our house. I'd pretend he was talking to
me with his funny sounds.

Cowboy