Earlier today,
I heard and saw the first Grackle baby. They have a very cute distinctive call (a bit like “naag-naag”) that is completely different from the cursed sounds of baby Starlings. This must have been an early one though, the Grackles are still carrying food away by the beaksful. They supplement with stuff from the feeder but feed the babies mainly with all kinds of juicy insects from the garden, of which you can see a bit of a selection here. The other two photos were just a weird pose that I found too funny not to share.
