The Grackle by grannysue

The Grackle

The grackle’s voice is less than mellow,
His heart is black, his eye is yellow,
He bullies more attractive birds
With hoodlum deeds and vulgar words,
And should a human interfere,
Attacks that human in the rear.
I cannot help but deem the grackle
An ornithological debacle.
- Ogden Nash
haha =)
April 26th, 2011  
Great photo! Contrast is really good.
April 26th, 2011  
The description sounds a bit like our magpie. Good shot.
April 26th, 2011  
Great ode ! Love the bluish sheen to the feathers !
April 26th, 2011  
@janek @happypat The lowly grackle sure had a pretty blue color. The sun really brought out the color.
April 26th, 2011  
@grannysue Never ever heard of a grackle before, funny, funny name !!!!
April 26th, 2011  
this is such a great picture. not only did you capture his/her beauty you also caught a mischievous look as well!
April 26th, 2011  
I love the picture and the poem. Ogden Nash never fails to amuse me.
April 26th, 2011  
Nice composition
April 26th, 2011  
@happypat @vernabeth @danirae Grackles are very plentiful here, I believe they have ran most of the other birds away. I stopped putting out feed at my house because of them. No other birds would come by with the Grackles around. This one is nice looking, but most of the ones that I have seen are not that pretty. I should have said that this was almost SOOC, except that I added the watermark.
April 26th, 2011  
Cool capture!!
April 26th, 2011  
@bill_d Thank you!
April 28th, 2011  
@sitiodown @jrichardson30 @zero_rhetoric Thank you for the comments.
April 28th, 2011  
What great focus! Nice shot.
April 29th, 2011  
Great composition - focus, lighting, framing, all fab!
April 29th, 2011  
@mylensonlife @aitch2803 Thank you for the comments!
April 30th, 2011  
Wow! What a great shot.
May 3rd, 2011  
@enrggirl Thanks! He was very cooperative!
May 3rd, 2011  
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