I didn't know Grackles eat Sparrows...

[coastalconn]

Just strange, I was very bewildered....

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Grackle eating sparrow 1 by krisinct, on Flickr

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Grackle eating sparrow 2 by krisinct, on Flickr

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Grackle eating sparrow 3 by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[cgipson1]

Meat is meat is meat to a hungry bird!

 

[LaFoto]

Oh, that baby didn't live for a very long time... Had it been an adult bird, the gackle wouldn't have been able to catch it, I think...

 

[TimothyJinx]

The first shot I was thinking, "Nah, he's just tickling that sparrow." Then the second shot I thought, "Ok, he's getting a bit rough." Then the third pic, "Nope, he's eating him."

Very nice but creepy shots!

 

[kathyt]

Awww. So sad.

 

[o hey tyler]

Just checking his vitals, that's all.

 

[TimothyJinx]

Just checking his vitals, that's all.

Vitals or vittles?

 

[Derrel]

I hear they taste kinda' like chicken...

 

[manaheim]

I saw a bunch of chipmunks attacking a wounded bird, once. Seems pretty clear that any animal will eat any other if the opportunity presents itself.

It's a harsh world we live in.

 

[Tailgunner]

A Camera is the last device I think of when it comes to shooting Grackles...

 

[WesternGuy]

CC, nice capture of the facts of life - sometime they get a bit "not so nice". My question is whether or not the Grackle killed the Sparrow or was it already dead and the Grackle was simply an opportunist? I see this sort of thing with the Crows, Ravens and Magpies in my part of the world acting as "environmental cleaners" in the parks and byways where I live.

WesternGuy

 

[DarkShadow]

Bad grackle Bad.

 

[DarkShadow]

A Camera is the last device I think of when it comes to shooting Grackles...

Take some nice buck shots of the grackle and use the rule watch what's behind the subject.

 

[TimothyJinx]

My question is whether or not the Grackle killed the Sparrow or was it already dead...

What are you implying with this line of questioning?

 

[coastalconn]

CC, nice capture of the facts of life - sometime they get a bit "not so nice". My question is whether or not the Grackle killed the Sparrow or was it already dead and the Grackle was simply an opportunist? I see this sort of thing with the Crows, Ravens and Magpies in my part of the world acting as "environmental cleaners" in the parks and byways where I live.

WesternGuy

I didn't see the kill... The Sparrow sure looked fresh. I wasn't by any major roads... So i'm sure what happened, but a few people on my FB page said it is relatively common, especially this time of year...