Super User ATA Posted March 30, 2021 Super User Posted March 30, 2021 I was fishing and I saw this birds around the lake and their sound got my attention, Do you know the name of it? They are smaller than crows and have mechanical like sound. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted March 30, 2021 Super User Posted March 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Team9nine said: Grackle? Common Grackle ~ My guess as well. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle/id https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle/sounds A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 30, 2021 Super User Posted March 30, 2021 One of the blackbird family anyway - female Grackle looks good. 1 Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted March 30, 2021 Super User Posted March 30, 2021 Get the BirdNet app. Maybe my favorite app. Just record the bird calls and it will tell you what you are hearing. 1 1 Quote
Super User ATA Posted March 30, 2021 Author Super User Posted March 30, 2021 35 minutes ago, Choporoz said: Get the BirdNet app. Maybe my favorite app. Just record the bird calls and it will tell you what you are hearing. got that app, it will be very helpful for me and playful for my son, Thank you so much. 1 Quote
Russ E Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 If it has a mechanical or throaty song it is usually a brewers blackbird or red wing black bird.. around here brewers are only around during migration, but the red wings are everywhere. They can both make quite a raucous when you get a flock of them. grackles usually have a green or blue head. 2 Quote
Super User ATA Posted March 31, 2021 Author Super User Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: Dude, the best part was when poor stewie got bleeding nose 1 2 Quote
galyonj Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: That is my second favorite version of that song, behind the one the Cramps did in '78. 1 2 Quote
detroit1 Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 i never knew the Cramps covered that song. Thanks for posting the vid bb86, i was hoping someone would. Ever see the original video from the Trashmen? That dude was on something i would've tried back in my late teens. Maybe. 1 Quote
galyonj Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, detroit1 said: i never knew the Cramps covered that song. Yeah, dude. That was the a-side to their debut single. B-side was "The Way I Walk." 1 Quote
detroit1 Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 The only song i saw them was in URGH! a music war, and i don't know what song that was. 1 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted March 31, 2021 Super User Posted March 31, 2021 Just now, detroit1 said: The only song i saw them was in URGH! a music war, and i don't know what song that was. Tear It Up and Human Fly. Might have done Drug Train then, too, not sure. The Ramones were the other band at the time to routinely cover Surfin Bird. 1 Quote
detroit1 Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Tear it up..that is on the video. Thanks 99..now i can't get his mic act out of my mind. I really didn't want to see that again. ? 2 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted March 31, 2021 Super User Posted March 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, detroit1 said: Tear it up..that is on the video. Thanks 99..now i can't get his mic act out of my mind. I really didn't want to see that again. ? Kids these days with their low rise skinny jeans have absolutely nothing on Lux Interior ? 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted April 1, 2021 Global Moderator Posted April 1, 2021 16 hours ago, galyonj said: That is my second favorite version of that song, behind the one the Cramps did in '78. I enjoy it myself, my wife does not ?♂️ 1 Quote
galyonj Posted April 1, 2021 Posted April 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: I enjoy it myself, my wife does not ?♂️ You just can't reach some people, you know? 2 Quote
CrankFate Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 Grackle. They viciously hunt small crabs in the rocks near the ocean and in saltwater rivers near the ocean. They grab them and quickly flip them over onto their belly and peck through them with their beaks. They even rip claws off sometimes. One of the strangest things I’ve seen fishing. You really have to see it to believe it. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347201917403 Im serious when I say this, it is more shocking than giant sharks right at my feet or lightning strikes less than 100’ away. I would never believe it, except that I’ve seen them do it, there are even reports of them learning how to catch razor clams. 1 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted May 9, 2021 Super User Posted May 9, 2021 Grackle. They invade our bird feeder about once a day. 1 Quote
huZZah Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, Bankbeater said: Grackle. They invade our bird feeder about once a day. Grackles swamp the trees at our local mall every summer. Several years ago the city announced they were going to let people come shoot them. (Welcome to Texas I guess.). Loooooooooot of people showed up...as well as the state government that informed everyone they’re federally protected. 2 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted May 10, 2021 Global Moderator Posted May 10, 2021 3 hours ago, huZZah said: Grackles swamp the trees at our local mall every summer. Several years ago the city announced they were going to let people come shoot them. (Welcome to Texas I guess.). Loooooooooot of people showed up...as well as the state government that informed everyone they’re federally protected. I was fixing to say that’s a big NO NO. Starlings are the ones you can shoot 1 Quote
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