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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

return of the grackles

The grackles have returned, or at least, they got as far north as the town where I work. I went for a walk at noon and heard the familiar rusty hinge call from atop a tree, and it wasn't a starling imitating a grackle.

Why is it that I just cannot describe a grackle and make it sound as poetic as, say, a bluebird?
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, March 26, 2008 9:40:00 PM

    Maybe because it is not? :)

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  2. AnonymousThursday, March 27, 2008 5:52:00 AM

    the grackles arrived here a couple of weeks ago, and have taken over my feeders

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  3. AnonymousThursday, March 27, 2008 8:56:00 AM

    Like a rusty, creaky door hinge!

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  4. arcolauraThursday, March 27, 2008 5:12:00 PM

    You have grackles! We just got the starlings back a week or so ago. And geese, and today a robin!

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