Screeching Grackle
These big birds are almost too heavy to perch on the squirrel buster feeder but they have learned that if they slide down the feeder pole to the same level as the feeder and jump on the feeder as lightly as possible it will stay open enough for them to get some seeds.
This male is showing his impatience at another already on the feeder by puffing up and screeching loudly. This is the first shot in the series where it puffs all its feathers up and closes its white eye membrane.
Screeching Grackle
These big birds are almost too heavy to perch on the squirrel buster feeder but they have learned that if they slide down the feeder pole to the same level as the feeder and jump on the feeder as lightly as possible it will stay open enough for them to get some seeds.
This male is showing his impatience at another already on the feeder by puffing up and screeching loudly. This is the first shot in the series where it puffs all its feathers up and closes its white eye membrane.