That was the front of my house a few years ago... but it was starlings... wrecked the trees, crapped all over the house, the windows, the cars, everything... didn't even leave so much as a "sorry about the mess" note. I never had that happen in fifteen years before that or the ten or so years after... they were probably lost or something, but there were thousands and thousands of them and the noise and amount of poops were crazy.
I'm wondering if we're thinking of different birds. Great tailed grackle song is just a series of shrill shrieks. They sound like a malfunctioning car alarm and they're just as loud as one.
Birder here! So we get 3 grackles in North America. In order of size: great-tailed, boat-tailed, and common. The last two have somewhat similar calls but the great-tail is def more complex/loud/distinct/whistle-y.
Great-tails and boat-tails look very similar as well but the former has a yellow eye whereas the latter is all black. common has a yellow eye too but is smaller and has a much shorter tail 🤓
speedonthis
That's EXACTLY the Walmart I want to shop at. Corvids are fuckin' awesome!
ConsumerOfStories
Whoever runs that Walmart has a personal beef with Odin
Shoutrr
that's not a murder of crows, that's a genocide
nosnowyno
circuspandabear
It’s a good sign to move on, if they’ll let you.
psstuphere
How I usually imagine Walmart is worse
PutItInNeutral
Snap, Grackle, Pop!
SomebodythatIusedtonope
They just want to know if took your meds
SardineGoblin
I need the biggest seed bell you have.
HumanFromPlanetEarth
Cats2cats
Is it murder time?
ComoSeIguana
CallMeMcGyver
That was the front of my house a few years ago... but it was starlings... wrecked the trees, crapped all over the house, the windows, the cars, everything... didn't even leave so much as a "sorry about the mess" note. I never had that happen in fifteen years before that or the ten or so years after... they were probably lost or something, but there were thousands and thousands of them and the noise and amount of poops were crazy.
Voojagig
A psychopomp needed some toilet paper apparently.
NChomsky
Yes, it reminds me of that film.
digitreal
Psycho?
nintendolunchbox
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1azR3N3pkaTc3NjN4OXg4bTc5d2UybndnNWRtYmFpa2t1bDFremJiMyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/bTixcIRW1bWqk/200w.webp
CallMeMcGyver
The Martian?
madjo
MrglBrglGrgl
Yeah, I too am reminded of 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'
BikeTrailsAndWaggingTails
NoneOfYoBiseniss
Don't any of these people own tennis rackets?
VelvetWarhol
Newdonster
Ok this is what I call synchronicity... My calendar alert to take my meds went off just as I saw your post.
Circe007
@fallibledegenerate
fallibledegenerate
WellThatsJustWhatWeCallPillowTalkBaby
Grackles, Texas has tons of 'em. They are pretty cool, but your car is 100% gonna get shat upon.
GenXHippie
Is that different than a crow or is it a regional name for that bird?
StarscreamAndHutch
They are temu crows.
WellThatsJustWhatWeCallPillowTalkBaby
Different than crows, not a corvid at all. Smaller, bright eyes and quite noisy.
SacrificialClam
That found their way into our neighborhood this year and they have been kinda annoying.
GenXHippie
Thank you. I’ve never heard of them here in Seattle. We just have crows.
DildorTheMighty
I was thinking they looked more like grackles than crows. We have a ton of great tailed grackles here and they're soooo God damn loud.
PutItInNeutral
At least they have a pretty song. The common grackles we have here sound like a rusty swing set.
DildorTheMighty
I'm wondering if we're thinking of different birds. Great tailed grackle song is just a series of shrill shrieks. They sound like a malfunctioning car alarm and they're just as loud as one.
AmericasNextTopFondler
Birder here! So we get 3 grackles in North America. In order of size: great-tailed, boat-tailed, and common. The last two have somewhat similar calls but the great-tail is def more complex/loud/distinct/whistle-y.
Great-tails and boat-tails look very similar as well but the former has a yellow eye whereas the latter is all black. common has a yellow eye too but is smaller and has a much shorter tail 🤓