I would NEVER Mention your photos were not quality, but then I am not a photographer! I love that you showed us both views, and found it very interesting to find so many birds in one place
@kjarn The top one is my yard and the bottom is my neighbors, although my yard is fairly large. Thank you. @Dawn Thanks Dawn. @onewing It would have been more dramatic if I could have caught them flying in. Of course my camera was in the other room. @jamibann I'm glad I wasn't standing out there, but then they might have flown on by. @haskar I've not noticed they happen only in autumn but will keep that in mind. I didn't think these birds migrated, but perhaps some do. @wakelys Yes indeed. @ziggy77 Thanks Jo. @grammyn Thanks Katy. They are more snapshots and than photographs. @corinnec Thanks Corinne. They are. They walk around the ground like they are grazing. @will_wooderson Yes it is. I remember when I was young that a flock of starlings was sucked into a jet engine causing it to crash. I wonder if it was a big flock like this? @shutterbug49 I agree. Especially when a lot of them them were in the air before they landed.
interesting set of challenges you gave me. I would like you to take a photo to suit the cover of a crafting magazine, you can put text on it if you wish
When we were overrun with grackles about five years ago, I'd run outside banging pots and pans to make them move on. They haven't returned in the last three years, so glad about that! There must have been some good seeds in your grass for them to land.
@rensala I can't imagine have one in the house, never mind three. They are pretty skittish and fly off if one approaches or startles them. @bkbinthecity Thanks Brian. @kali66 Your challenge is interesting as well. I will start to the "drawing board." @fbailey Thanks Felicity. @craftymeg You're so right Meg. When watching them from a safe place, I can't even figure out why they take off like they do. Thanks. @tunia I think so. I wonder if the insects are sluggish in the morning with the heavy dew. @pusspup Thanks Wylie. @pyrrhula Thanks Ferry. @olivetreeann Seeds or bugs I think. Sometimes I'd go out and scare the grackles especially who were chasing the other birds from the feeders.
October 3rd, 2023
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@Dawn Thanks Dawn.
@onewing It would have been more dramatic if I could have caught them flying in. Of course my camera was in the other room. @jamibann I'm glad I wasn't standing out there, but then they might have flown on by.
@haskar I've not noticed they happen only in autumn but will keep that in mind. I didn't think these birds migrated, but perhaps some do.
@wakelys Yes indeed.
@ziggy77 Thanks Jo.
@grammyn Thanks Katy. They are more snapshots and than photographs.
@corinnec Thanks Corinne. They are. They walk around the ground like they are grazing.
@will_wooderson Yes it is. I remember when I was young that a flock of starlings was sucked into a jet engine causing it to crash. I wonder if it was a big flock like this?
@shutterbug49 I agree. Especially when a lot of them them were in the air before they landed.
@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian.
@kali66 Your challenge is interesting as well. I will start to the "drawing board."
@fbailey Thanks Felicity.
@craftymeg You're so right Meg. When watching them from a safe place, I can't even figure out why they take off like they do. Thanks.
@tunia I think so. I wonder if the insects are sluggish in the morning with the heavy dew.
@pusspup Thanks Wylie.
@pyrrhula Thanks Ferry.
@olivetreeann Seeds or bugs I think. Sometimes I'd go out and scare the grackles especially who were chasing the other birds from the feeders.