Bird Watching: Daily Pic Vol.311, 1 by Elphaba

Elphaba wrote:
Duc, here is one more reason to hate the grackles. I guess I shouldn't care if one European bird is killing another one, but it's just so awful. I've seen them attacking other birds.

This morning I was watching a sparrow feeding a young one on a branch and a grackle swooped down on them and chased the baby from tree to tree until it finally killed it. Then it carried it to the bog filter of my pond and started eating it. I went outside and it flew off. When I went to check, there were two dead birds in the water.

I know that's how nature works, but I don't like it. I've been leaving the grackles alone because it's migrating season and I don't want to scare away migrating birds, but as of today, I'm chasing off every grackle I can find!

Here's a pic of the dead birds.