Marty, I forgot to ask, What was that one button?

What a beautiful bird - AND good photo. Are these as annoying as there black/brown cousins?

Not my favorites either

grackels are beautiful, loud, and a general pain in the arse. this from a bird enthusiast.

It was the size or the file. I reduced it in picture editor MS.

Sweetjane, They actually kill the other birds in completion for food. The other birds fight or squabble over the food but the Grackle goes to the extreme of making sure the other bird is dead.

This was in the Toronto Star this morning. Kinda relates

A gathering of ravens is called an unkindness. (science.howstuffworks.com)

Gail

I bookmarked the sight ,cool sight but didn't see the reference to the birds.