Ugh...Grackles!
Those greedy little velociraptors come here in May, like clockwork.
I was previously merely annoyed by the unbelievable gluttony they display at my bird feeders until I saw one actually trying to carry off and kill one of my beloved tiny sparrows.
I ran across the yard screaming at it and it dropped the sparrow who survived the attack.
It stayed under the blackberry thicket until it could fly again.
Last year, we had few Grackles passing through but I’ve seen some east of here already, this year.
We have a LOT of crows nesting in the pine barren above my house, this year.
Maybe they’ll run them off.
We’re knee-deep in male Robins, right now.
The females won’t show up until it’s truly warm [and wormy] enough to nest.