I had one in Corpus Christi try to car jack my ten day old car. Landed on the the window sill of the right rear window and was having a fit.. Rio Grande Valley in the winter time thousands perch on the electrical wires pre dawn and post sunset. Quite a spectacle both visually and audibly Steve <GriffawSgg.bluesfan...> Jefferson City MOSent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Kirk Suedmeyer <00000537a8cbbe82-dmarc-request...> Date: 10/27/26 8:12 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <MOBIRDS-L...> Subject: Great tailed grackle observations
While I was at conference in Oklahoma City last week, I watched two separate flocks of Great-tailed grackles, one in the parking lot at the conference center, and another loose-knit group at the zoo parking lot feeding on insects from the
tire treads and undercarriage of parked cars. Each time a new car parked, several birds would fly and walk to the car and pick out insects and a couple times they also picked insects off fenders and grills. There were adults and fledglings. There was a line
of trees most would fly into when significantly disturbed, and several with lost/shorter tails that I could see every day. Ingenious!
Kirk (Lees Summit)
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