i have rehabed a lot of orfaned grackles .. they are extremely intelegent !! every one of them felt it nessacery to peck my hand with food before eating it ... but that's how and why theyv'e been successful in the wild... it's a doggie dog world out there for a bird
I wish they would stop swooping in and bothering the squirrels. I had some peanuts that I threw to the squirrels this afternoon. Within a half-second, a dozen grackles came from nowhere and grabbed the peanuts before the squirrels knew what was happening. They love to be thieves, that's for sure.
I dont know what your definition of smart is, but this is neither intelligence or reasoning on the animals part. This is survival, nothing more, nothing less.
Grackles are amazing, thank you for filming them and sharing. Ours raid the neighbors dog food bowl then fly two house over to our bird bath and soak the food :-)
i found a Grackle with a broken wing and iv realized its verry smart ! he has a cut on his wing and i dont no what i should do, i clean it with water every day but yah :p hes so cute i named him carry and hes just becouming an adult.
OMG, I just saw grackle do this very thing, and checked youtube to see if there was anything on grackle intelligence! Yeah, these guys are SMART. That's why they're so successful. That, and they eat almost ANYTHING.
You know for the longest time i wondered how my dog's food managed to make its way to the water bowl outside then i found out thats exactly what these birds were doing lol
I rescued a baby grackle,we named him Gubby..started on baby bird formula...when he was big enough I'd bring him out in the morning, sit with him and as I drank coffee, I'd toss bird food to him, he'd catch it and dunk it like a person.Gubby came home for lunch and I'd hear his raspy call outback...again we'd hang out until he left for the afternoon...at night II'd call him and he'd land on my shoulder to come
I rescued a baby grackle,we named him Gubby..started on baby bird formula...when he was big enough I'd bring him out in the morning, sit with him and as I drank coffee, I'd toss bird food to him, he'd catch it and dunk it like a person.Gubby came home for lunch and I'd hear his raspy call outback...again we'd hang out until he left for the afternoon...at night II'd call him and he'd land on my shoulder to come in..until the fateful Oct. morn when he didn't stay for breakfast and migrated, TEAR!
i love grackles. i have raised one who is an incredible "pet". he brings joy to everyone who meets him. i think it pisses people off when they realize that the birds have outsmarted them! lol!
A Grackle has flown up to my specific apartment and knocked my door to beg for crackers. I couldn't figure out who was knocking on my door; I thought it was neighborhood children. Then I looked down and there was a Grackle looking up at me. I gave him some food and he sang for a little while and then flew away. They aren't dumb.
It's upsetting to see the humans with their careless attitudes towards the caged animals. Busy life styles, and not mindful of anything they do. It makes my brain hurt. Yesterday these birds made me happy.
I went to the zoo yesterday. I was supposed to be observing all of the captive animals, but the visiting grackles stole the show! They were so free and happy. The mating dances, the songs in the trees, the fluttery baths... it was fulfilling and euphoric. Like... "yes, this is what life is supposed to be about"
i saw this bird and i first thought, "maybe it's nicer than it looks". then it started attacking sparrows (1/5) the size. How do i get rid of Grackles?
@sndd0138: English sparrows are an invasive species to North America and kill off endangered birds and carry the West Nile Virus (which infects humans). They also invade bird nests and kill baby chicks of other birds. The Grackle was no doubt defending its own offspring.
I notice that the grackles round here (Phoenix) are right on the verge of being smart enough to recognize their own reflections in windows and such. Some take advantage of the opportunity to preen, while others either ignore the image or try to fight with it.
Yes, these birds are incredibly astute. where I live (Costa Rica) they are considered a plague and recent studies showed they carry salmonella in their feces. The most common species here is the great tailed grackle (quiscalus mexicanus) which is a bit different from the one in the video. I think the one you show is a common grackle (quiscalus quiscula). Sometimes you can see groups of 50 or more individuals making a lot of noise. I keep them off my property to give a chance to other species.
@wildstar1 if you found one as a baby and domesticated it, I'm almost certain it would be able to talk. Myna birds are a type of indian grackle and are very VERY smart and as you know are very good mimics of speech.
Thanks for posting this video! Very cool! (and funny! as in: "WTF are you doing bathing in my food dippin' pond? Sheesh!")
Other examples of animal intelligence: "Dolphin play bubble rings" ( watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q ) and "ORIGINAL Elephant Painting" ( watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk ) - this second video was so remarkable that I didn't think it was real, but Snopes(.)com confirmed that it is... REAL!
Also,something interesting is that in certain places,thousands of them would get together,and it would look like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"
Or people have to realize they can't fly. If you can fly who cares what people think. If I could fly I would land next to somebody and act like an idiot and then take off while they were watching just to laugh at them for not being able to fly and having all those books and libraries saying how smart humans are. And then follow them home and act real cute and nice for food and then have them cry when I leave them and never return. Because humans are so smart.
Cool, me too. I have another video of a family of grackles, it shows the parent teaching the babies how to use water. So amazing to see them learning new things!
Thanks for watching and check back for the new video later this week.:)
I love grackles. I think they're beautiful, intelligent, and I feed them almost every day. It's cute how they tilt their heads and look at me with their yellow eyes.
I love them too and, I have some footage of a parent teaching it's chick to dunk the dogfood in the water, so cute! Will post it as a response to this one soon. Check back for it later.
grackles are my favorite native bird! i once gave on a chicken nugget and some potato from my lunch. it acted like i would hit it if i saw it eating my trash! it was a parking-lot bird. after a few mins., a few other grackles joined him. i wished i had fed them more. the summer was hard on them, and some of them are still bald on their heads and missing tail feathers, they just look like CRAP! gotta help them.
I'm sure they appreciated you sharing your food with them.:) They are a pleasure to watch and study. I'll have new video of them soon. Please check back for it. We're moving right now and I'm about to be without internet for a few days. Thanks for the nice comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the grackle's vid!
actually it was more where i lived. see we had power lines extending the entire length of our driveway and grackles were the only birds with enough guts to nest right near our driveway and make short work of our cars' paint jobs. But i don't live there anymore, so i take back what i said.
lol I was kidding. I'd only shoot a human in self defense. But the birds aren't any different than people. they have feelings, raise families and live just like most people do. So why should they be killed?
Thank you, I am. My IQ is 141, what's yours? Also the latest scientific research on the human brain, as well as other animal brains using MRI, other imaging technology, we can see that the same parts of the brain we use for emotion also works the same in most higher species of animals, like birds & mammals like us. I'm a biologist, I study these things.
birds ARE like people, you know. and you don't need a high IQ to feel compassion for other animals. why don't YOU make a video and see how people respond to it?
You are right, my point exactly. It's not rocket science to see that animals feel pain, pleasure, anger and joy. Just like humans.:) I do have a new video of these birds. A parent actually teaching her chicks how to use water. Will post and respond to this.
I dont know about being smart or anything, but I do know that I love shooting them....they flipping take the damn poop out of their own nest and drop it in our pool! Hate them.
lol! Sounds messy. Why we don't have a pool, just a couple of koi ponds. Honestly though, I'd rather deal with bird poop, it's biodegradable. Human waste is much worse, strewn along the road, in our waterways and air we breath. Sometimes I'd like to shoot humans. Oh, these birds are lots smarter than some people I know.:)
We have some grackles here, they're entertaining. A few years ago we first put out our birdfeeder, and in the summer some grackles came along and wanted to get in on the action. So they stood there for around an hour or so trying to figure out how to land on the tiny bird feeder without falling off. Finally one figured it out, he landed, wedged his tail up against the wall of the feeder, and then was able to crane his neck around and eat (it's a round feeder.) Now, generations later, I see
mother grackles teaching their young how to land on the feeder in that exact same way. None of them have any trouble getting up there anymore. It's really amazing how intelligent they are and how they share information like that.
Wildstar1 - I have an African Grey -they live upto the age of 80 and some of them out live their owners - yet they are so intelligent as l know because of the know abilities of my own African Grey who is very smart.
I have heard many compare the intelligence of grackles, jays and crows to that of parrots. The African Greys being one of the smartest of all. I have a couple of small parrots, a Budgie, Quaker and Cockatiel. I'd love to get a larger parrot one day.:)
These birds are beautiful (we don't get them in our back yards here). I agree with you birds are intelligent.I love it they way the black birds will gather bits to build their nest and also how the male and female help each other to build nest together, animals are intelligent.
I agree. All animals are smart. If we were all stupid, we wouldn't live very long as a species.lol
Thanks for the nice comment. I haven't seen as many at the feeders this year. They are beautiful and regardless of their reputation as bullies, they are quite peaceful when they do come to visit.
They are fun to watch! My day wouldn't be the same wthout hearing their calls when i fill the feeders, or bring the dogs inside.. then they can go steal food from their kennels.lol
Grackles are very intelligent, but they are one of the most aggressive. I like my birdies, espeically the blue jays, but sometimes birds are a-holes, like yesterday I saw a Blue Jay spink his toes onto a Morning Dove. I put out enough seeds soo my birdies won't have to fight, yet they still do.
Yeah they're greedy at the feeders no matter how much you put out. The Jays and Grackles usually behave themselves, but they do fight occasionally. They are fun to watch!
Not necessarily build a rocket. My expectations aren't that high, I just feel as though that "bird trick" is an extremely common thing for birds to do. Showing that clip would be the equivalent to showing a clip of a bird using a bird bath to clean itself. But if you can marvel at the simple things in life, then more power to you.
Well, this is a LEARNED behavior. Lots do it, true, but they have to learn this from watching others do it. It's not something they're born knowing. A cakewalk for most primates, but can be taxing for other species.:)
We have a bird like this in Ireland called a Starling they look very similar and are considered a pest also. They're pretty but shit all over the place... Wonder if they're related
We have starlings here too. Several different varieties encluding the European starlings. They're smart, adaptable birds that are found everywhere. Oh yeah, they make a pretty big mess on my car sometimnes.;( I think they are from they same family, but will have to check on that to be sure.
They remind me of crows. I was surprised they weren't Corvids when I looked them up on Wikipedia. Corvids are the crow family I think right? I might be spelling it wrong. But yah, they are kinda scary. 10 of them pile into the bird bath all at once and start bathing, it's kinda bizarre. The robins and doves take turns. But Grackles just pile in. lol
You'd think they'd be closely related to crows. In fact Blue Jays are in the family Corvidae with crows. Cool huh!lol Your are correct, crows and blue jays are corvids.:)
Yes, grackles are pretty smart. The stupid squirrels in my yard have never been able to figure out how to get food out of my counter-weighted bird feeder, but when a grackle landed on it once he seemed to notice immediately that his weight on the bar was responsible for closing the doors to the food. Then he bypassed the system repeatedly by flapping his wings and sticking his beak underneath the doors to keep them from closing.
I love grackles! I used to live in Florida and we got boat-tails all the time. They shine like iron ore. I love all animals from elephants to grackles.
Very amusing video. The first grackle looks really annoyed when grackle #2 takes a bath in his food-water. :)
Me too! Love all animals that is. The grackles are fun to watch. Haven't seen as many this year. They are strikingly beautiful! They. and most other species are welcome in my yard.:)
LOL, I thought the same thing, the bird does seem annoyed at it's flock mate.
Thanks, I enjoy all animals and feel they all deserve respect. Animals are intelligent, emotional beings, just like people. These birds definitely show those qualities.
They're very smart birds, and some of them rude as well! But they are fascinating animals to watch. The one bird did seem really put-off when the other dived in for a bath!lol
A charm of grackles singing in a tree is one of my favorite sounds on earth. Thanks for the vid.
desertcafe 2 months ago
i have rehabed a lot of orfaned grackles .. they are extremely intelegent !! every one of them felt it nessacery to peck my hand with food before eating it ... but that's how and why theyv'e been successful in the wild... it's a doggie dog world out there for a bird
denesemichelle 4 months ago
"Dammit Bob! Why?! I was using that!!"
shroads79 4 months ago
I wish they would stop swooping in and bothering the squirrels. I had some peanuts that I threw to the squirrels this afternoon. Within a half-second, a dozen grackles came from nowhere and grabbed the peanuts before the squirrels knew what was happening. They love to be thieves, that's for sure.
SashineB 4 months ago
I dont know what your definition of smart is, but this is neither intelligence or reasoning on the animals part. This is survival, nothing more, nothing less.
stillblazinkush 5 months ago
grackles are fearless man, crazy too lol.
1787dude 5 months ago
Grackles are amazing, thank you for filming them and sharing. Ours raid the neighbors dog food bowl then fly two house over to our bird bath and soak the food :-)
driewe 7 months ago
Cute. I like them too.
JesuscantergallopTB 7 months ago
i see you are easilly amazed.,.,,
i've had one for a pet for three years now and they do what they do,not really amazing if you ask me,just a bird doing what they do..
keithehlert 8 months ago
i found a Grackle with a broken wing and iv realized its verry smart ! he has a cut on his wing and i dont no what i should do, i clean it with water every day but yah :p hes so cute i named him carry and hes just becouming an adult.
toadandlostlover 8 months ago
I like them even though they're DICKS.
MooooonDemon 9 months ago
I shoot grackles their a pest
retard3003 9 months ago
my fiance said grackles look like devil birds!!
Jonbjn 9 months ago
OMG, I just saw grackle do this very thing, and checked youtube to see if there was anything on grackle intelligence! Yeah, these guys are SMART. That's why they're so successful. That, and they eat almost ANYTHING.
micahnewman 11 months ago
I love how they have to keep checking it. "Is it squishy enough yet? Nope. Better put it back in."
ulalume21 11 months ago
You know for the longest time i wondered how my dog's food managed to make its way to the water bowl outside then i found out thats exactly what these birds were doing lol
remetary7734 1 year ago
as of this comment there are about 500 of these in my back yard. My cat is just standing there wide eyed and terrified
mewdude98 1 year ago
I rescued a baby grackle,we named him Gubby..started on baby bird formula...when he was big enough I'd bring him out in the morning, sit with him and as I drank coffee, I'd toss bird food to him, he'd catch it and dunk it like a person.Gubby came home for lunch and I'd hear his raspy call outback...again we'd hang out until he left for the afternoon...at night II'd call him and he'd land on my shoulder to come
Plantscapes 1 year ago
I rescued a baby grackle,we named him Gubby..started on baby bird formula...when he was big enough I'd bring him out in the morning, sit with him and as I drank coffee, I'd toss bird food to him, he'd catch it and dunk it like a person.Gubby came home for lunch and I'd hear his raspy call outback...again we'd hang out until he left for the afternoon...at night II'd call him and he'd land on my shoulder to come in..until the fateful Oct. morn when he didn't stay for breakfast and migrated, TEAR!
Plantscapes 1 year ago
They'll do this with nuts in the birdseed mix we feed. They'll soak them in the bird bath and then eat them.
toddweller 1 year ago
these grackles can also copy other sounds such as peoples voices. Yes they are smart and interesting. They like to be around shallow water .
baseballeddie1177 1 year ago
i love grackles. i have raised one who is an incredible "pet". he brings joy to everyone who meets him. i think it pisses people off when they realize that the birds have outsmarted them! lol!
kristivirginia 1 year ago
Instead of shooting it with the camera, you should've shot it with a BB gun.
smp22287 1 year ago
@smp22287 the feelings mutual, instead of repying i should've shot you with a bb gun, lol/
jgk381 1 year ago
@jgk381 Wouldn't you like to know what I did to the baby grackles nesting in my yard, lol/
smp22287 1 year ago
@smp22287 all i say is your going to hell, and karma's a bitch, watch out
jgk381 1 year ago
@jgk381 Yeah, I'll take my chances; at least I'm not a self-righteous prick like you.
smp22287 1 year ago
@smp22287 good luck with that, your a sick bastard getting off on harming innocent creatures, go see a doctor you sociopathic freak
jgk381 1 year ago
A Grackle has flown up to my specific apartment and knocked my door to beg for crackers. I couldn't figure out who was knocking on my door; I thought it was neighborhood children. Then I looked down and there was a Grackle looking up at me. I gave him some food and he sang for a little while and then flew away. They aren't dumb.
majesticlizard 1 year ago
It's upsetting to see the humans with their careless attitudes towards the caged animals. Busy life styles, and not mindful of anything they do. It makes my brain hurt. Yesterday these birds made me happy.
Pests my ass!
Luocorn 1 year ago
These birds make me very happy.
I went to the zoo yesterday. I was supposed to be observing all of the captive animals, but the visiting grackles stole the show! They were so free and happy. The mating dances, the songs in the trees, the fluttery baths... it was fulfilling and euphoric. Like... "yes, this is what life is supposed to be about"
Luocorn 1 year ago
i saw this bird and i first thought, "maybe it's nicer than it looks". then it started attacking sparrows (1/5) the size. How do i get rid of Grackles?
sndd0138 1 year ago
@sndd0138: English sparrows are an invasive species to North America and kill off endangered birds and carry the West Nile Virus (which infects humans). They also invade bird nests and kill baby chicks of other birds. The Grackle was no doubt defending its own offspring.
majesticlizard 1 year ago
Pain in the butt in Indiana! I love all birds but not them
sgtmelisa 2 years ago
I notice that the grackles round here (Phoenix) are right on the verge of being smart enough to recognize their own reflections in windows and such. Some take advantage of the opportunity to preen, while others either ignore the image or try to fight with it.
dadoctah 2 years ago
I just wished they'd stop terrorizing the red wing black birds in my neighborhood
myshrinkingviolet2 2 years ago
Yes they can be annoying sometimes too, but that's just nature.:) I like the red-wings, sadly I'm seeing fewer of them.:(
Thanks for watching.
wildstar1 2 years ago
Yes, these birds are incredibly astute. where I live (Costa Rica) they are considered a plague and recent studies showed they carry salmonella in their feces. The most common species here is the great tailed grackle (quiscalus mexicanus) which is a bit different from the one in the video. I think the one you show is a common grackle (quiscalus quiscula). Sometimes you can see groups of 50 or more individuals making a lot of noise. I keep them off my property to give a chance to other species.
GeneralCannas 2 years ago
@wildstar1
hire me, ill shoot them gracks and youll see them red wings again!!
kalebder 1 year ago
very beautiful video
selvatico3 3 years ago
Thanks for watching and for the nice comment.:)
wildstar1 2 years ago
Wow cool exotic bird,but I doesn't know what the name is on swedish :s.
AxelSkywalker 3 years ago
Me either.:)
Thanks for watching!
wildstar1 2 years ago
@wildstar1 if you found one as a baby and domesticated it, I'm almost certain it would be able to talk. Myna birds are a type of indian grackle and are very VERY smart and as you know are very good mimics of speech.
grassulo 8 months ago
i can do that
masterofrock420420 3 years ago
To my mind, the best video on youtube: "Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ)" ( watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U )
im4wur 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this video! Very cool! (and funny! as in: "WTF are you doing bathing in my food dippin' pond? Sheesh!")
Other examples of animal intelligence: "Dolphin play bubble rings" ( watch?v=TMCf7SNUb-Q ) and "ORIGINAL Elephant Painting" ( watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk ) - this second video was so remarkable that I didn't think it was real, but Snopes(.)com confirmed that it is... REAL!
im4wur 3 years ago
Also,something interesting is that in certain places,thousands of them would get together,and it would look like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"
magicbirdaustin 3 years ago
And so much people call birds dumb. Well, those people have to watch this video!
magicbirdaustin 3 years ago
Thank you for watching! I agree, they are very smart, see more of them in the video response, Grackles are smart 2.
Merry Christmas!
wildstar1 3 years ago
@magicbirdaustin
Or people have to realize they can't fly. If you can fly who cares what people think. If I could fly I would land next to somebody and act like an idiot and then take off while they were watching just to laugh at them for not being able to fly and having all those books and libraries saying how smart humans are. And then follow them home and act real cute and nice for food and then have them cry when I leave them and never return. Because humans are so smart.
krrrruptidsoless 2 years ago
i am a grackle lover
kAthhyoRcax2 3 years ago
Cool, me too. I have another video of a family of grackles, it shows the parent teaching the babies how to use water. So amazing to see them learning new things!
Thanks for watching and check back for the new video later this week.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
I love grackles. I think they're beautiful, intelligent, and I feed them almost every day. It's cute how they tilt their heads and look at me with their yellow eyes.
Rubystars1000 3 years ago 7
I love them too and, I have some footage of a parent teaching it's chick to dunk the dogfood in the water, so cute! Will post it as a response to this one soon. Check back for it later.
Thanks for the kind comment.;)
wildstar1 3 years ago
grackles are my favorite native bird! i once gave on a chicken nugget and some potato from my lunch. it acted like i would hit it if i saw it eating my trash! it was a parking-lot bird. after a few mins., a few other grackles joined him. i wished i had fed them more. the summer was hard on them, and some of them are still bald on their heads and missing tail feathers, they just look like CRAP! gotta help them.
snager80 3 years ago
I'm sure they appreciated you sharing your food with them.:) They are a pleasure to watch and study. I'll have new video of them soon. Please check back for it. We're moving right now and I'm about to be without internet for a few days. Thanks for the nice comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the grackle's vid!
wildstar1 3 years ago
@Rubystars1000 I hate their guts, but I like them better than humans. Humans are disgusting. How about you?
wenaolong 1 year ago
i hate these damn things.
drummerdudex017 3 years ago
Aww. too bad. they are very smart birds and lots of fun to watch. Rarely do they cause any trouble here.
Thanks for watching anyway.;)
wildstar1 3 years ago
actually it was more where i lived. see we had power lines extending the entire length of our driveway and grackles were the only birds with enough guts to nest right near our driveway and make short work of our cars' paint jobs. But i don't live there anymore, so i take back what i said.
drummerdudex017 3 years ago
not shot them!
AxelSkywalker 3 years ago
No we don't shoot them. I only shoot with a camera.:)
Thanks for watching!
wildstar1 3 years ago
no, shoot them with a gun.
NickKnud17 3 years ago
Oh no, never! We only shoot people with guns.
I like most birds.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
okay...I think that a person is much more valuable than a bird, so Ill just continue to kill them
NickKnud17 3 years ago
lol I was kidding. I'd only shoot a human in self defense. But the birds aren't any different than people. they have feelings, raise families and live just like most people do. So why should they be killed?
We are all just making a living here.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
that was intelligent...."The birds aren't any different than people"?? "they have feelings"???? hahahaha
NickKnud17 3 years ago
Thank you, I am. My IQ is 141, what's yours? Also the latest scientific research on the human brain, as well as other animal brains using MRI, other imaging technology, we can see that the same parts of the brain we use for emotion also works the same in most higher species of animals, like birds & mammals like us. I'm a biologist, I study these things.
wildstar1 3 years ago
birds ARE like people, you know. and you don't need a high IQ to feel compassion for other animals. why don't YOU make a video and see how people respond to it?
snager80 3 years ago
You are right, my point exactly. It's not rocket science to see that animals feel pain, pleasure, anger and joy. Just like humans.:) I do have a new video of these birds. A parent actually teaching her chicks how to use water. Will post and respond to this.
Thanks for your comment!
wildstar1 3 years ago
Hey all North Americans are smart :)
SodiumCyanide 3 years ago
That's right! We are. Even our animals are smarter than some people.:)
Thanks for watching.
wildstar1 3 years ago
I dont know about being smart or anything, but I do know that I love shooting them....they flipping take the damn poop out of their own nest and drop it in our pool! Hate them.
NickKnud17 3 years ago
Well hopefully they'll aim in your mouth next time.
CunningCrow 3 years ago 2
ya...if they wanna get their head blown off
NickKnud17 3 years ago
lol! Thanks for watching the video and the reply to Cunningcrow, should be changed to shiteatingcrow instead.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
lol! Sounds messy. Why we don't have a pool, just a couple of koi ponds. Honestly though, I'd rather deal with bird poop, it's biodegradable. Human waste is much worse, strewn along the road, in our waterways and air we breath. Sometimes I'd like to shoot humans. Oh, these birds are lots smarter than some people I know.:)
Thanks for watching!
wildstar1 3 years ago
Sounds like the feelings mutual! Good thing there's more of them than you huh?
A little shit's never killed anyone yet, at least not at my house.lol
wildstar1 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
fuck grackles....I kill at least 5 of them a day
NickKnud17 3 years ago
dude! me too me and my neighbor kill at least 5 a day! are total is around 100 now
brentburnsrocks 3 years ago
Ditto!
See above.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
We do the same thing to people who shoot animals.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
It's amazing you were able to capture this on video. Great work!
RevNoahWhateley 3 years ago
I appreciate the nice commnent! thanks for watchingn the video.:)
The grackles eat from my feeders daily, but they do prefer the dogfood, wet of course!
Have a great weekend!
wildstar1 3 years ago
They are delicious too! Luckily they come in large quantities to make it a worthwhile meal
ppridgen1 3 years ago
lol, I wouldn't know about that. But, it gives a whole new meaning to...."eating crow".:)
Except these aren't crows.
Thanks for watching, have a happy Mom's Day!
wildstar1 3 years ago
We have some grackles here, they're entertaining. A few years ago we first put out our birdfeeder, and in the summer some grackles came along and wanted to get in on the action. So they stood there for around an hour or so trying to figure out how to land on the tiny bird feeder without falling off. Finally one figured it out, he landed, wedged his tail up against the wall of the feeder, and then was able to crane his neck around and eat (it's a round feeder.) Now, generations later, I see
altoidsours 3 years ago
mother grackles teaching their young how to land on the feeder in that exact same way. None of them have any trouble getting up there anymore. It's really amazing how intelligent they are and how they share information like that.
altoidsours 3 years ago
I'm starting to see the babies coming to my feeders with their parents, so cute to watch them teach them how everything works.:)
Thanks for watching and the nice comment!
wildstar1 3 years ago
That's cool! They are amazing birds and seem to learn fairly quickly too. They're bringing their fledglings to the feeders now.
Thanks for watching.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
Awesome footage! I really enjoyed the puddle action and how you captured some of this birds beautiful coloring:)
seahue 3 years ago 2
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I enjoy watching and filming them. They're very beautiful, especially when seen in the right light.
Thanks for watching.:)
wildstar1 3 years ago
Wildstar1 - I have an African Grey -they live upto the age of 80 and some of them out live their owners - yet they are so intelligent as l know because of the know abilities of my own African Grey who is very smart.
amymint5 4 years ago 2
I have heard many compare the intelligence of grackles, jays and crows to that of parrots. The African Greys being one of the smartest of all. I have a couple of small parrots, a Budgie, Quaker and Cockatiel. I'd love to get a larger parrot one day.:)
wildstar1 4 years ago
These birds are beautiful (we don't get them in our back yards here). I agree with you birds are intelligent.I love it they way the black birds will gather bits to build their nest and also how the male and female help each other to build nest together, animals are intelligent.
amymint5 4 years ago 2
I agree. All animals are smart. If we were all stupid, we wouldn't live very long as a species.lol
Thanks for the nice comment. I haven't seen as many at the feeders this year. They are beautiful and regardless of their reputation as bullies, they are quite peaceful when they do come to visit.
Thanks for watching.:)
wildstar1 4 years ago
I love grackles! It's fun to watch them at dusk gathering in certain trees and making all kinds of noise. I call it a grackle party!
jaxmyers 4 years ago 2
They are fun to watch! My day wouldn't be the same wthout hearing their calls when i fill the feeders, or bring the dogs inside.. then they can go steal food from their kennels.lol
Thanks for watchi9ng.:)
wildstar1 4 years ago
Grackles are very intelligent, but they are one of the most aggressive. I like my birdies, espeically the blue jays, but sometimes birds are a-holes, like yesterday I saw a Blue Jay spink his toes onto a Morning Dove. I put out enough seeds soo my birdies won't have to fight, yet they still do.
Lucidtomr 4 years ago 2
Yeah they're greedy at the feeders no matter how much you put out. The Jays and Grackles usually behave themselves, but they do fight occasionally. They are fun to watch!
Thanks for watching.;)
wildstar1 4 years ago
yeah, birds do that all the time. it isn't impressive.
mahrjon 4 years ago
I feel the same way about some humans, not very intellectually impressive at all.
I guess the birds should've built a rocket instead.. huh?lol
wildstar1 4 years ago
Not necessarily build a rocket. My expectations aren't that high, I just feel as though that "bird trick" is an extremely common thing for birds to do. Showing that clip would be the equivalent to showing a clip of a bird using a bird bath to clean itself. But if you can marvel at the simple things in life, then more power to you.
mahrjon 4 years ago
Well, this is a LEARNED behavior. Lots do it, true, but they have to learn this from watching others do it. It's not something they're born knowing. A cakewalk for most primates, but can be taxing for other species.:)
wildstar1 4 years ago
How were you able to film that close? Did you hide the camera? It seemed they didn't know you were there. Good job.
411show 4 years ago
lol, I shot from the window. They couldn't see me. And, this camera has a great little zoom! Great for close-ups.
Thanks for the nice comment and for watching.:)
wildstar1 4 years ago
We have a bird like this in Ireland called a Starling they look very similar and are considered a pest also. They're pretty but shit all over the place... Wonder if they're related
wearnotsheep 4 years ago 2
We have starlings here too. Several different varieties encluding the European starlings. They're smart, adaptable birds that are found everywhere. Oh yeah, they make a pretty big mess on my car sometimnes.;( I think they are from they same family, but will have to check on that to be sure.
Thanks for watching!
wildstar1 4 years ago
They remind me of crows. I was surprised they weren't Corvids when I looked them up on Wikipedia. Corvids are the crow family I think right? I might be spelling it wrong. But yah, they are kinda scary. 10 of them pile into the bird bath all at once and start bathing, it's kinda bizarre. The robins and doves take turns. But Grackles just pile in. lol
pumpkinking9e 4 years ago 2
Hi!
You'd think they'd be closely related to crows. In fact Blue Jays are in the family Corvidae with crows. Cool huh!lol Your are correct, crows and blue jays are corvids.:)
Thanks for watching them.
wildstar1 4 years ago
Yes, grackles are pretty smart. The stupid squirrels in my yard have never been able to figure out how to get food out of my counter-weighted bird feeder, but when a grackle landed on it once he seemed to notice immediately that his weight on the bar was responsible for closing the doors to the food. Then he bypassed the system repeatedly by flapping his wings and sticking his beak underneath the doors to keep them from closing.
Grackles are so funny . . . Nice video . . .
burdbrane 4 years ago
Thanks!
They are very intelligent birds, I've seen them do some pretty neat things as well.
Thanks for watching.:)
wildstar1 4 years ago
Great job on showing how beautifully colored these birds really are!
machikoneko 4 years ago
Thank you!
They are beautiful birds, thanks for watching.:)
wildstar1 4 years ago
I love grackles! I used to live in Florida and we got boat-tails all the time. They shine like iron ore. I love all animals from elephants to grackles.
Very amusing video. The first grackle looks really annoyed when grackle #2 takes a bath in his food-water. :)
TXRider 5 years ago
Me too! Love all animals that is. The grackles are fun to watch. Haven't seen as many this year. They are strikingly beautiful! They. and most other species are welcome in my yard.:)
LOL, I thought the same thing, the bird does seem annoyed at it's flock mate.
Thanks for watching and the nice comment.
wildstar1 5 years ago
It's people who are the pests for thinking they have a place above any creature. Nice to have a little nature find it's way into our home.
quiDity 5 years ago
Thanks, I enjoy all animals and feel they all deserve respect. Animals are intelligent, emotional beings, just like people. These birds definitely show those qualities.
Thanks for watching!:)
wildstar1 5 years ago
The Patuxtent bird observitory mistakenly lists them as from family Fringillidae!! Obviously they are from Icteridae! Entertaining video :)
wrenweirdo 5 years ago 2
Thanks again. I think they're pretty neat birds and they're welcome to eat from my feeders. The dogs don't mind them stealing their food either.lol:)
This is very intelligent behavior. Birds are not stupid creatures. Sounds like you know your birds!
Thanks for watching.
wildstar1 5 years ago
Hehe, bad manners! :D Perhaps some territorial behaviour? To show the other birds "this is my puddle and you can go somewhere else"...
Zuckergast 5 years ago
They're very smart birds, and some of them rude as well! But they are fascinating animals to watch. The one bird did seem really put-off when the other dived in for a bath!lol
Thanks for watching.
wildstar1 5 years ago