Man I love watching grackles. They can be bullies and hog feeders but..they have such little personalities. I can literally tell them apart just by personality alone. I love their different walks. The army march, the tough guy, the puff ball with legs. I had one today chasing another grackle down the drive, and he was all puffed out waddling. It was hilarious.
Hello grackles the great Wing crackle common grackle there's a lesser Graco in California but here in West Texas we got these guys first time I saw them there was a bunch of male staring up in the air and I looked up to see what they were doing they were displaying for females but I didn't know this The gather in the trees twice a year and they're just making all kinds of racket and stuff and we call them gossip trees cuz it's like they're telling each other all kinds of stories and then when they lose all their tail feathers and they look so beat up they are fascinating creature and their vocabulary is just immense can't get enough of them and yet idiots here shoot them and I told him that if you do that you're violating Texas law and federal law cuz they're protected but some people just don't appreciate beauty when I first saw them I thought they were small crows
I just did some research on grackles and they have become my new favorite bird got everything beautiful, intelligent, adaptable, and most of all a bit of a jerk
Grackles look like they should be members of the crow family (corvidae) -- they're big enough to be sure! -- but they're actually not. They're related to meadowlarks and orioles.
The way they keep looking up to the sky, in addition to how they sound like that... It's like they're trying to contact the mothership er something lol
I have a small flock of grackles in my neighborhood. They come to our yard daily because we have a couple tall trees for them to sit in plus birdfeeders. Love to watch them.
Thought I had a crow friend in the yard but I'm not disappointed. One has been coming to my office window for a few days and I love it. Especially when I'm in meetings and people think I'm glitching out 😂
Living in California, I have Great-tailed Grackles and Brewer's Blackbirds. I've seen Common Grackles when traveling around the country. That and seeing them in this video remind me more of the Brewer's Blackbird than the Great-tailed Grackle.
🤯🤯🤯 I just downloaded the Merlin bird ID app and it heard a common grackle, so I searched to see what they looked like. holy crap, that is impressive!! they triple in size and then honk it out! 😆
These grackles sound a lot like the ones I remember hearing when I was growing up in southwestern Ohio, except the ones there had a call which was more high pitched and squeaky to the point that they really did sound like a rusty gate. One of the birds in this clip is actually coming pretty close to that.
@troshs I'm familiar with starlings and I'm aware that they can imitate sounds they hear as well as having a range of their own calls. Grackles are quite a bit bigger than starlings, however, and don't have any speckles on their plumage even though it looks like the feathers of both grackles and starlings have a faint iridescent sheen to them.
Ya I’m just over here researching how to make them leave cause there has been one outside my window for almost an entire year in my tree and I can never find it and it is so hard for me to sleep
Does anyone else find them extremely annoying? Like we had a whole flock of them in our yard one time cuz a grain truck spilled a little and it was so annoying. They were all shrieking and strutting around and picking at the ground and shrieking some more at like 5-6 in the morning on a Saturday. Like the one day I get to sleep in and stupid birds gotta be noisy and ruin it. At least they were pretty.
Ugh, can't stand them, where l am in Texas they swarm the feeders along with the blackbirds for months at a time while migrating to and fro; l literally go through 10 times the amount of bird feed trying to keep my regulars fed. No wonder they are baked four and twenty into pies.🙄
you haven't watch the Grackles from the Rio Grande Valley here in Texas they are big time loud vociferous guys that like to show off any time any place and in front of anyone
I wonder: How does a video like this get four thumbs down? The video shows exactly what viewers should be expecting. Do people who think grackles are pests come to videos like this to express their dislike?
Yeah, actually they do. There are lots of comments all over the Grackle vids posted by mean ignorant people who lure them into the yard with the audio and then shoot them. There are lots of comments about poisoning them, and other sadistic practices. Whenever I see one of those, I have to say something, and it isn't kind. Grackles are sort of outcasts, much like the pigeons. So called "normal" people love to hate them. Since I'm a bit of an outcast myself, pigeons and grackles are my brothers.
these are not songbirds they emit alien sounding like digital frequency dial up modem. This is first year I am seeing them in my yard. I think they are scouting here because they noticed pigeons nesting in nearby hedges very early in the Spring. These grackles are highly resourceful and they figure if the pigeons are there then there must be the promise of a food source. they have driven away the pigeons which is good because I can't stand the sound they make either. I don't like them at all..at all.
That first grackle sounds like a computer virus. I love him
Yea, look at bird bath
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The chicken goes cluck,
the duck goes quack,
the goose goes honk,
and the grackle goes s̸̨̅c̴͙̻̀͝r̴̘̃e̷͇̒̈e̸̞̞͒c̵̰͕̔͋h̸͈͇́ .
love the way they fluff up before singing
😂, look at bird bath
An inhaler.
Screaming*
Man I love watching grackles. They can be bullies and hog feeders but..they have such little personalities. I can literally tell them apart just by personality alone. I love their different walks. The army march, the tough guy, the puff ball with legs. I had one today chasing another grackle down the drive, and he was all puffed out waddling. It was hilarious.
Good description. That's what I've observed. I love feeding/watching them at the Walmart parking lot. Each with their own personalities.
I had a conversation with one at the zoo and it puffed its feathers up and sing to me. I was talking to it really friendly.
I love how each of them have different pitches.
Gold, look at bird bath
Easily one of my favorite birds. They have so much personality and are very photogenic.
...and to think some people hate them because they are a nuisance! 😊
There very smart. They come peak in my window to see what im doing.
What clowns they are! I can watch them for hours!
Hello grackles the great Wing crackle common grackle there's a lesser Graco in California but here in West Texas we got these guys first time I saw them there was a bunch of male staring up in the air and I looked up to see what they were doing they were displaying for females but I didn't know this The gather in the trees twice a year and they're just making all kinds of racket and stuff and we call them gossip trees cuz it's like they're telling each other all kinds of stories and then when they lose all their tail feathers and they look so beat up they are fascinating creature and their vocabulary is just immense can't get enough of them and yet idiots here shoot them and I told him that if you do that you're violating Texas law and federal law cuz they're protected but some people just don't appreciate beauty when I first saw them I thought they were small crows
Enjoy birds here, look at bird bath
Just like a creaky metal gate opening.
Sabrina, look at bird bath
These birds are characters. I love watching them and I’ll feed them sometimes if I have a morsel of food.
Hi, look at bird bath
Me and the boys looking at the fan and light displays at Home Depot 0:58
😂😂.., look at bird bath
Do you puff up and make noises? "Grruh-oh"
They sound like gen 1-3 Pokémon cries
I love grackles. They’re always full of personality and so expressive. They often make me laugh. ❤
Definitely the first bird built at Westworld before they got the sound right
Ryan, look at bird bath
I just did some research on grackles and they have become my new favorite bird got everything beautiful, intelligent, adaptable, and most of all a bit of a jerk
I love the weird noises they make
Male, look at bird bath
Beautiful, beautiful birds. Love their singing and calls. Very entertaining and smart. Absolutely LOVE grackles.❤❤
Tammy, look at bird bath
You must not live in Texas
Hehe, grackles never fail to deliver a good show, thanks for sharing!
I love the exaggerated way they fluff up
Reminds me of Ghibli animation, especially Howl
Grackles be gracklin'
I mean when birds sound like dialup, how you gonna tell me they ain't government drones?
Grackles look like they should be members of the crow family (corvidae) -- they're big enough to be sure! -- but they're actually not. They're related to meadowlarks and orioles.
I always assumed they were corvids too, but they're actually giant icterids...aka blackbirds.
The way they keep looking up to the sky, in addition to how they sound like that...
It's like they're trying to contact the mothership er something lol
It's like they can't entirely control it
I HAVE MANY GRACKLES AT MY FEEDERS! I am in long Island Ny. They are so funny!
I am in Jamaica🇯🇲, look at bird bath
Same here!
@@mymagicalcreatures7037 look at bird bath
In Russia, the bird bath looks at you.
When they fluff up, it reminds me of Shrek when Fiona was singing and the bird exploded.
I love these birds. I watch them puff up in my backyard.
I have a small flock of grackles in my neighborhood. They come to our yard daily because we have a couple tall trees for them to sit in plus birdfeeders. Love to watch them.
Sounds like dialup internet 🤣😆
Chad, look at bird bath
I happen to have a noisy screen door that sounds similar to them. This must be the reason they won’t leave my house.
grackles and cowbirds seem like theyre too common to make such interesting and unusual sounds
Wonderful. Something slightly Monty-Python-esque about their nose-in-the-air strutting.
Sometimes when they start puffing up to squeak, it's like they didn't sign up for it. They drop everything to continue the domino chain.
Squa-geek
as a Canadian I've never seen these birds, I recently went down to texas and saw them everywhere. so much personally. they always make me smile
We have them in Southern Ontario 😁
In Ontario about 60 grackles come to my yard to feed daily
We're infested in Nova Scotia too. Interesting little buggers.
I’ve got a flock of 6 that have taken over my suet feeder! I have never seen them puff up like that. So cool!
Leo, look at bird bath
"Its like some kind freakin demon yellin' at me!"
Thought I had a crow friend in the yard but I'm not disappointed. One has been coming to my office window for a few days and I love it. Especially when I'm in meetings and people think I'm glitching out 😂
Siri says a bunch of grackles is referred to as “a plague of grackles”. Just saying.
Have seen these birds for years but never seen or heard them do this! Very interesting.
Omigosh, I love this! How cute! Such characters! I love their prancing around aith their heads bobbing in the air.
yea, these are definitely the mfs that nested on my roof and are waking me up at 5 in the morning everyday.
Egto, look at bird bath
Somebody once commented that they sound like electricity. I think that's a perfect decription 👌
Living in California, I have Great-tailed Grackles and Brewer's Blackbirds. I've seen Common Grackles when traveling around the country. That and seeing them in this video remind me more of the Brewer's Blackbird than the Great-tailed Grackle.
🤯🤯🤯 I just downloaded the Merlin bird ID app and it heard a common grackle, so I searched to see what they looked like. holy crap, that is impressive!! they triple in size and then honk it out! 😆
I love how each of their calls sounds distinct.
First Grackle: Meep!
Second Grackle:Meep!
First Grackle: Damn...he is good.
Aww thats a puffy birdddd
And fluffy, look at bird bath
That's it. I'm moving to Texas.
@@Sellennaaa from Jamaica
We have a ton of grackles in Austin, TX and these grackles sound completely different. Pretty cool.
I love to watch them strut.
Jamie, look at bird bath
@@BirdBath1 yeah. bathing seems intrusive unless asked
My cat loves this video.
Jack, look at bird bath
total gangsters..... how isnt anyone stopping this lunacy.
Grackles look like they were supposed to be corvids, but switched to being songbirds at the last minute.
These grackles sound a lot like the ones I remember hearing when I was growing up in southwestern Ohio, except the ones there had a call which was more high pitched and squeaky to the point that they really did sound like a rusty gate. One of the birds in this clip is actually coming pretty close to that.
Oread, look at bird bath
Could be euro starlings. They make all kinds of squeaky noises
@troshs I'm familiar with starlings and I'm aware that they can imitate sounds they hear as well as having a range of their own calls. Grackles are quite a bit bigger than starlings, however, and don't have any speckles on their plumage even though it looks like the feathers of both grackles and starlings have a faint iridescent sheen to them.
Where I’m from people call these crows and I always correct them and say they’re Grackles and they remind me of spring 😊
we had a grackle pecking at the side of our house for an hour. didn't realize it was a bird until it came back the next day. love these lunatics
They are beautiful
And cute, look at bird bath
1:05 Like music
1:06 is the part where three of them sing in perfect succession. Great work, everyone!!!
When you buy a crow at wish and you get this but you're not even disappointed.
Ah, the original spy bird! 🐦 complete with the original 2-bit bird chirp!
sounds they make are so weird like a electronic thing
Very helpful good picture of grackles strutting
Wow, I never seen them doing this ) Incredible!
Cozy, look at bird bath
Are grackles the ones that make a whistling sound that goes from low to high pitch? I hear that in Austin Texas. I appreciate an answer 🦅
I think that’s a great tailed grackle.
I fell in love with grackles in Austin. They are amazing singers!
Enjoy Jamaica🇯🇲 birds, look at bird bath
Low to high? You could be hearing a redwinged blackbird? 🤔
There is a grackle that I feed just out side of my job, I named him peanut because he loves peanuts!
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Damn, that hurt my ears. These little fuckers sure know how screech loudly high pitched
(grackles)
- Grackle the Grackle
Ya I’m just over here researching how to make them leave cause there has been one outside my window for almost an entire year in my tree and I can never find it and it is so hard for me to sleep
They’re so funny. :). ❤❤
i see them do this as they go in and out of backyards as they organize hunting lizards and such.
And they wonder why they didn't get the Budweiser contract...
Does anyone else find them extremely annoying? Like we had a whole flock of them in our yard one time cuz a grain truck spilled a little and it was so annoying. They were all shrieking and strutting around and picking at the ground and shrieking some more at like 5-6 in the morning on a Saturday. Like the one day I get to sleep in and stupid birds gotta be noisy and ruin it. At least they were pretty.
I have a bunch of these here recently in my yard this year! So interesting to watch? What can I feed them? Do they tolerate humans at all?
Ugh, can't stand them, where l am in Texas they swarm the feeders along with the blackbirds for months at a time while migrating to and fro; l literally go through 10 times the amount of bird feed trying to keep my regulars fed. No wonder they are baked four and twenty into pies.🙄
you haven't watch the Grackles from the Rio Grande Valley here in Texas they are big time loud vociferous guys that like to show off any time any place and in front of anyone
Alien birds
It's a beach-off by the Kens.
love these birds
Wow thats so cool!!! Thanks TH-cam algorithm
Circuit bent birbs
Havoc basketball birds.
But why they look like a water balloon filling up with angst right before their call? 🤔🧐😆
These guys are fun but they def bully off all other birds
❤ watching them.
Phainopepla sounding
I wonder: How does a video like this get four thumbs down? The video shows exactly what viewers should be expecting.
Do people who think grackles are pests come to videos like this to express their dislike?
Love birds, look at bird bath
Love your username. Well, I don’t like multicollinearity, but I love that you based your username on it. And I love mean-centering.
Yeah, actually they do. There are lots of comments all over the Grackle vids posted by mean ignorant people who lure them into the yard with the audio and then shoot them. There are lots of comments about poisoning them, and other sadistic practices.
Whenever I see one of those, I have to say something, and it isn't kind.
Grackles are sort of outcasts, much like the pigeons. So called "normal" people love to hate them.
Since I'm a bit of an outcast myself, pigeons and grackles are my brothers.
What in the dial up internet?
Grackeling
Ahahah! Thanks!
Mantra, look at bird bath
these are not songbirds they emit alien sounding like digital frequency dial up modem. This is first year I am seeing them in my yard. I think they are scouting here because they noticed pigeons nesting in nearby hedges very early in the Spring. These grackles are highly resourceful and they figure if the pigeons are there then there must be the promise of a food source. they have driven away the pigeons which is good because I can't stand the sound they make either. I don't like them at all..at all.
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They are cute!!!! Look like a boy band trying to coordinate their choreography.
As a fan of small birds singing at my feeders, grackles are my sworn enemy
day traders in the youtube comment section
*deranged crypto promotion noises*
God who built these lol
Katrina, look at bird bath
My brothers
Look similar to kurrawong from australi or chough from eu
G rack
Blue an black
Burung apa itu
1:05
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