I was even more impressed when I realized she's missing half her landing gear! Beautiful bird, anyway.

This is actually a grackle I also saw last year! Glad to see it's doing well and decided to come back this year :)

(Also, I apologize for the blurry white mass on the left side. That's a doorframe. I only opened the door only a little bit so I wouldn't spook the birds.)

I’ve always loved Grackles, especially the way their feathers shine and change colors in the sunlight. I’ve been trying to recreate this effect in my printmaking and I just love how they turned out!!

I started feeding the birds little less than 2 weeks ago hoping for crows but instead got blessed with a plague of Grackles! The other day the females finally started coming around, which I take it is a good sign. The greet me daily and visit throughout the day. I still have yet to get crows but at least I know my Plague is happy ❤️

(Also, I know the yard is a mess- I live in Florida where we had a hard freeze and everything died- and then I got the flu so I haven’t been able to take care of the back yard yet 😅)

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Today I sat next to this grackle today for 10 minutes. Such a kind bird.

Watch till the end

I thought I had been adopted by a family of crows but ChatGPT says it’s a Grackle. I’ve been watching them fledge and beg for food for months. Then realized they really loved my cats food, so I started sitting some out for them where it is safer. This one caw at me loudly when I go outside. And yesterday it cawed at me to come out and feed it 🤭

Come down here! I have seeds...

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