Articles tagged with: Grackle
Stunning even the air,
a surprise attack with the light touch
of a buzz saw,
a hostile treasure hunt
bears unlikely fruit.
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Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula
An aerial boom box turned up to eleven,
a bottomless pit of need,
hunger wrapped in feathers,
blowing the top off Mt. Everest.
How loud can you say FEED ME?
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Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula
Warm and cold challenge each other,
recoil from each other,
golds as strident as a trumpet’s cry.
The grackles are back, the blaze of the setting sun
trailing in their wake.
I’m bewildered by a fierce and determined grackle,
his motivations murky, leaving unanswered questions
in his angry wake.
A fearless bundle of wings and fury
enough to set every bone a-tremble,
a grackle hangs tough.
A grackle leaps, sensing a slight dissonance in the wind, as if an imp was controlling the turbulence.
Common the grackle may be, here’s a black and white study
of a hard-boiled backyard character, causing as many crimes as he solves.
Grackles are from the Icterid bird group, including orioles and meadowlarks.
Through the branches and around the trees, a grackle chases a songbird in a backyard game a bit more serious than tag.
The wise old grackle says,
“Despite snow today, Spring is on its way”.
A nice late winter day, the competitive grackles were back this week.
Like the determined relative of the orioles below, one of the images featured in my Aerial Acrobats book, they are aggressive, noisy and entertaining.
The much maligned grackle, cousin to crows and ravens, always looking determined and a little pissed-off.
The expansion of the grackle’s range is directly related human development.
