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“The grackle’s reputation among farmers is almost as black as its plumage, for its faults, and it has plenty, are more conspicuous than its good deeds.”
The grackle was condemned by, farmers for the considerable damage done to the grain crops — particular-, ly com — during the planting season and until after harvesting.
The grackle population has increased recently because many, survive winters that would normally keep flocks at healthy levels with the natural food supply. Modern methods of harvesting grain with' machines involves considerable waste. Winter flocks of grackles feed and endure because of the spilled grain.
It’s a losing battle. One option is to stop feeding birds. Then you miss the cardinals bringing their young to the feeder and the indigo bunting, a summer visitor increasingly reported' at feeders.
Write Virginia naturalist John, Trott care of this newspaper: P.O. Box. 59, Washington, VA 22747.
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