While walking in Jackson Park last Sunday (Oct. 4) in the late morning, I saw the most amazing swarming of Common Grackles. There were thousands of them. What a spectacle! It was like the Hitchcock movie, The Birds. Everyone was in awe and the noise was deafening. I’ve seen large swarms of starlings before but nothing of this magnitude.
Graham Yates
Common Grackle – from The Crossley ID Guide to Eastern Birds
Common Grackle – Wikimedia
