[xJones]

Grackles are no joke, they're obnoxious ugly little bullies. They flock together in large numbers and drive off all the beautiful traditional birds like redbirds, blue jays, mockingbirds, etc. And after Ft. Worth manages to chase their grackles off, I’ll bet my metroplex area will be blessed with the refugee grackles (as if we weren't overrun with them already).

[Clemenza]

We have more of a problem with Starlings. Thankfully, the hawks (who are plentiful in my part of New Jersey) keep them at bay.

I still think that the Turkey Vulture should be made the state bird of New Jersey. They feast on all the dead deer around here, and are representative of the rapacious politicians eating on the dying corpse that is the NJ taxpayer.

[Dysart]

Some(a few thousand) of the flock has made to SW Arlington (my neck of the woods) and they darken the shopping strip in the evenings. They are fascinating to watch and listen to—from a distance. But they do leave a nasty, potentially dangerous mess, and as you mentioned, drive away more desirable birds.

They should be rounded up and deported back yonder to Mexico, whence they came.

[al_c]

Grackles are no joke, they're obnoxious ugly little bullies. They flock together in large numbers and drive off all the beautiful traditional birds like redbirds, blue jays, mockingbirds, etc. And after Ft. Worth manages to chase their grackles off, I’ll bet my metroplex area will be blessed with the refugee grackles (as if we weren't overrun with them already).

They're rats with wings! They should be exterminated. I hate 'em. But ... I understand that they are protected because they are migratory. Yeah right .... they migrate from intersection to intersection. That's about the extent of it.