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Re: [GWL]: Grackles



Doreen Howard wrote:

> Carol Wallace wrote:
> I have an assignment to do a story on the grackles. So there is interest.
>
> When I lived in the San Antonio, TX area, grackles became such a problem along the famed
> Riverwalk that the city sanitation department set out poisons.  In suburban areas, bordered by
> farm land, the local fire departments would set off explosions of fireworks (the kind that make
> big booms) and/or shoot shotguns loaded with shells filled with rock salt at dusk to discourage
> the grackle hoards from landing for the night.  Their feces is nearly pure nitrogen that burns
> all vegetation.  And, they are prolific poopers.  In my own yard, I'd see them swoop down and
> eat the dry food out my dog's dish.  They love it.  On balance, the dog did his job and scared
> them off regularly, and they usually nested in an adjacent field or the neighbor's yard.
> Doreen Howard

Thanks, Doreen. I knew that they were a potential health hazard not just to plants (witness what
once was a garden and lawn strip that is now dead, burnt out land) but to humans as well. But I
can use some good, real examples like this.

Does anyone else have any good grackle stories?

I heard they are a problem in California wine country where big loud booms of some sort go off
regularly to keep them away from the grapes.
Carol
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