A couple years ago, our cats began begging for food far earlier than their normal feeding time. It turned out they would lie beside the bowls in the morning, waiting for a group of grackles to come and eat some of the food. The cats never got up, and the grackles were never alarmed, even though they were easily within range if one of the cats were to attack. The birds would even step over outstretched paws or tails as they maneuvered around the bowl. The birds would finish and then vocalize at the cats, who would in turn "chirp" back before the birds left. The grackles also always left enough food for the cats' own servings. Certainly one of the craziest things I've seen.

@Sellennaaa

2 жыл бұрын

This was a great read! Thank you :)

@rebekahrymarz4076

2 жыл бұрын

Grackles will notice danger and alert to it earlier. So animals who may harm your cats. They notice and attack. The cats are feeding them for protection and the birds are leaving food for the cats so the cats don’t starve and they continue to get food

Those birds are no harm to humans.

@jpalberthoward9

Жыл бұрын

That is absolutely right. What's more, they're great musicians and very funny comedians. If you just hang out with them for a while, you can begin to appreciate them, and they can lower your stress level down to near zero. The entertainment value alone is worth what it costs to feed them.

I love these birds they are some of the best to watch, very entertaining

@HaloLvl43Legit

3 жыл бұрын

They also destroy other birds nests and are jerks.

First they chased out the locals now they want the birds gone.

@jpalberthoward9

Жыл бұрын

How do you like the new world order so far?

@ivansalinas5310

11 ай бұрын

Look at me ✌️ 👀 I'm the local now.

I love grackles! They're smart birds.

I think grackles should drive away humans instead.

Okay, so just make more noise and shine laser pointers into people's windows. That makes sense... 🙄

How are these people heroes

these birds are so funny, in a quirky way. I love their "chirp" though. I call them "the barking birds", because their chirp almost sounds like a barking sound to me. LOL

@Bye-kd8xo

3 жыл бұрын

it sure does lol they have numerous calls but that's one of my favs

@EphemeralProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bye-kd8xo indeed. So funny. :)

@EphemeralProductions

2 жыл бұрын

@Kitty Kelly ❤️

I live here in the Rio Grande Valley Texas and we have them here for sentries and we're used to it this does not bother us at all soo just leave them alone they don't harm nobody they never have

@ext230

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Leave them alone.

@GRehillMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Well they aren't killing em

@ext230

3 жыл бұрын

G Rehill Let me come to your house and flash some lights.

@critterwhisperer5821

3 жыл бұрын

Makaveli can I help??? And also I’ll bring some thunder clappers and just wake up the neighborhood

@mrmrlee

3 жыл бұрын

Grackles by me chase away the hawks that stalk my chickens so I'm fine with them!

I love Grackles it's like a symbol of the Texas Rio Grande Valley...and if you are from the Valley or the Frontera you know what I mean....we respect them...we are used to them!!!

Lasers could blind them! Use a old school flashlight instead!

all they did is push them to the suburbs and local homes and away from the big city. People never stop surprising me on their stupidity!

@critterwhisperer5821

3 жыл бұрын

This is why i don’t like the species of homosapien for the occasional one that actually does like and respect nature

@sheilawalker8644

3 жыл бұрын

my understanding was to get them out of the town/city because of their mess

Those grackles are smarter than 2/3 of Austin human residents 😂 maybe pass a law against grackles passing through...😂😂😂

Iridescent irrigators? Wow rude! I loved Austin for it's grackles.

I love great tailed grackles, please don't annoyed them, use grapeseed oil, I read they don't like it

@WittyOriginalUsername

2 жыл бұрын

No.

@WittyOriginalUsername

2 жыл бұрын

Theyre horrid pests for agriculture

@harukatakahashi8822

2 жыл бұрын

@@WittyOriginalUsername use fake owl

Isn't that common sense to protect your nest?

@critterwhisperer5821

3 жыл бұрын

I def would. I’ll bring pepper spray

“Anything that could cause harm to a human could cause harm to the bird” ok then stop shining lasers in their eyes and make loud noises. That hurts my ears and eyes. If you can’t use lasers on the road then don’t use them on the bird. I honestly thought he said something like this instead “anything that can’t cause harm to humans won’t cause harm to birds” I’ve got a counter argument for that too. Try makeup that causes harm to who knows what poor creature before it gets to humans

@GodOfDestructionVegeta27

2 жыл бұрын

Oh be quiet. Go away 😂

@g_g...

2 жыл бұрын

Bro shut up. Don't act like you're the bird whisperer

I feel like there should be a Netflix series on this. lol

I’m actually feeding some Rn, the babies are adorable

@critterwhisperer5821

3 жыл бұрын

Had some house wrens in my window box this past year. Was a blast. I’d have birds there again if I had a choice. And grackles came over to my feeder. They’re so unique

@Brendito1

3 жыл бұрын

@@critterwhisperer5821 it still boggles my mind that they’re not even related to crows

@LoneStarWomanInACajunWorld

3 жыл бұрын

Of you have any pictures or old videos of them then please share on your KZread account. We would like to see them.

I’ve been feeding them for a long time! I love them. They should just leave them alone. This is there home too!

My birds always liked to chase lasers and were incredibly intelligent. It varies depending on the species. I never realized Texas had such a ridiculous issue and job that I think might just be the silliest job ever thought up.

I ain’t got a problem with those. They eat up the mosquitoes.

The Sticks scare Scare Mountain Lions also.

In 2008? We recognized this problem along our Riverwalk here in San Antonio back in the mid 1980's.

Once they've shooed them away where do they go for the rest of the day before returning?

@makokoro9073

4 жыл бұрын

No idea

@michael.valenti

4 жыл бұрын

nobody knows, and most likely will never know for that matter.

@Shadowwolf975

4 жыл бұрын

And none of us would be snitching anyway >.>

@critterwhisperer5821

3 жыл бұрын

IAmBear honestly wish they’d come over to my house. Bout to have cicadas here in a couple of months

This is ridiculous. And yes I live near downtown Austin.

Since our way of life relies heavily on compartmentalization, where nothing has ANYTHING to do with anything else, let's all consider the following completely unrelated coincidences, all of which have absolutely nothing to do with each other...........

A group of grackles is called a plague. I saw these birds in Puerto Rico.

Sheesh grackles don’t hurt anybody. Sometimes annoying is about it.

It was a nice concert.

They're just migrating :/

Grackle : Haters be hatin!

Why you delete to comments off the security gaurd vid 😂

The fact the people are hired to do this disqusts me.

@yourbestfiend512

Жыл бұрын

lol, ok

All this drama just from birds

Grackles are cool. This is ridiculous.

They look like solo strokerz, not Han, either, with their limp light sabrez! 🙃🤣😂

@AcmeRacing

3 жыл бұрын

They're bird abaters, after all.

That horrible way to do all those innocent, birds that like feeding them to Hawks early in morning

Comedy gold

Yeah in Waco Texas they over populated really bad while I was a teenager there. A woman that still lives there showed us on Facebook a couple of years ago it was still a big problem.

thats great...be nice to know if anyone has tried this at their home

These birds are all from people who lost theirs life by corona.

@comffycomfort2608

4 жыл бұрын

Sanja New Moon Life this was 2yrs ago though

I hate those birds, google what grackles do to other birds and their babies

Thank you for keeping our streets safe grackles

Actually, humans are more destructive creatures. Because of humans, the extinction of many beautiful animals occurred…the Thylacine, the Passenger Pigeon, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. These animals too were considered a nuisance and were hunted down.

You're in the birds turf you should move

that reporter is cute.

@EphemeralProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

We use slapsticks for crows as well. Get a lot of them during certain times of the year as they move into town from the fields to roost.

@critterwhisperer5821

3 жыл бұрын

Boooo

@mrmrlee

2 жыл бұрын

Crows are awesome and smarter than your kids. Did you know that crows protect chickens from hawk attacks?

@jpalberthoward9

Жыл бұрын

@@mrmrlee that's a nice try . I would have mentioned it if you hadn't already, but the slogan of the narcissist is: "I don't care, it's not my problem" Some people have huge gaping holes where a soul would normally be located. They wiped out all of the cats in the 12th century because the Pope declared them to be emissaries of the devil. The rat population got out of hand and the fleas that lived on the rats carried the Bubonic plague that wiped out over half of Europe. They killed off all of the corn snakes in Iowa in the 1930s, and the mice ate all of the corn, right in the depression when people were starving and needed food. No end to human stupidity.

I have never met a grackle I didn't like. People invaded here after birds lived here. Can't believe the news makes them sound like a nuisance when humans have set up shop in their habitat

I think I need to get a lazer. I got attacked this morning in Dallas by a grackle.

@texasray5237

3 жыл бұрын

Grackles are nothing, wait till you get attacked by a raven.

We should really start doing this with those pesky humans too. So noisy violent and annoying 🙄

this is anti-grackle propaganda :< i love grackles

I use my 1000fps pellet rifle

Pellet gun solution - simple.

The birds are the least of the nuisances in Austin. The liberals and homeless are a much bigger problem and I would gladly trade them out for more Grackles.

@Abigail-vx1yo

Жыл бұрын

You seem nice.

@johnmcevoy3598

6 ай бұрын

Austin is not for you.