grackles and blue jays aint songbirds.
Neither are starlings. They’re actually an invasive species.
I call blue jays the “biker dudes” of birdland. Our pet cockatoo perks up whenever she sees one out the window (ladies love outlaws?)
—”grackles and blue jays aint songbirds.”
Depends who you ask.
Passerines sometimes known as perching birds or songbirds
A passerine (/ˈpæsəraɪn/) is any bird of the order Passeriformes (/ˈpæsərɪfɔːrmiːz/; from Latin passer ‘sparrow’ and formis ‘-shaped’), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or songbirds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by the arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching.
I’m surprised the crow isn’t on the “songbird” list. One day last week, 35 to 40 crows showed up around our house and landed in the tops of the nearby tall trees. What a racket! Thank God they moved on and decided to not roost there for the summer.
grackles and blue jays aint songbirds.
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Nice catch!
Along with the starlings and house sparrows, they're on my Shoot On Sight list.......
I notice that Robins are on the list, but I have never seen one at my feeders, and I must have every type of feeder known to mankind at my stations. I only see Robins go to eat worms in the grass or they hang out in the shrubs or trees, never the feeders. So how are the Robins getting it?
Media bias on display.
If they just said "birds" then it does not evoke the same emotions as "songbirds".
This is manipulation.