Posted: 4/25/2014 11:13:34 PM EDT
This was at a shopping center this afternoon. I've never seen two birds so clearly trying to kill each other... 
They were fucking serious, there were 4 or 5 people gathered around watching, no more than 3 feet away. These birds didn't give a shit. Talons, well their little claws, locked, they were rolling around on the ground striking the shit out of each other with their little beaks. The little one, on the left in the picture, was seriously fucking up the larger one. The larger one eventually disengaged and couldn't even take flight. Went limping away with the smaller bird raining blows down. Yes, nasty fucking grackles and I should've just stomped on the both of them. But it was fun to watch!  " />
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I believe Grackles are protected, at least here in TX, despite being an invasive bird that terrorizes other birds.
Here in Corpus, there are 1000's of them and they congregate morning/night to talk trash to each other on the power lines. I $h1T you not, if they all descended on you at once you would be dead in a minute. Grackle permits |
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I believe Grackles are protected, at least here in TX, despite being an invasive bird that terrorizes other birds. Here in Corpus, there are 1000's of them and they congregate morning/night to talk trash to each other on the power lines. I $h1T you not, if they all descended on you at once you would be dead in a minute. Grackle permits They are in same category as prairie dogs here, kill on sight if you wish. I only let one stay around my bird feeder to keep the squirrels away, the mound of dead ones sends a message or something, because I end up with mostly cool birds hanging around like Cardinals, Blue Jays, etc. |
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Or stomp the nasty flying rats. I would have if there weren't women there watching. Quoted:
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Wild creatures are beautiful. If only man would just leave them alone to flourish in harmony. Or stomp the nasty flying rats. I would have if there weren't women there watching. Thanks for the report on those gentle woodland creatures. Regarding birds, I ran over a pigeon in a patrol car and hit one dead on in another. Wasn't even trying. Really. |