Wildlife & Related

[ChickNorris]

I saw a turtle the other day too. Had to move her out of the way.

[Bailey Guns]

Sitting in a parking lot eating lunch while my little dog was at the vet. These birds (and several others) landed on the front of the car and started eating the bugs from the grill. Might be a clue it's time for a wash?

[Irving]

I saw those birds in a Walmart parking lot in Texas.

I legit waved toward OK as I drove by too.

[Bailey Guns]

Damn... Those birds get around. Where were you in TX?

[Hummer]

Not sure but they appear to be juvenile Common Grackles. Also nest in CO in relatively small numbers, most frequently in lower elevation deciduous forests in urban/suburban areas. I had a group of males and later a few females visit during spring migration at 8500 ft., but they don't nest here.

[Bailey Guns]

Thanks, Hummer. I had no idea what they are.

[ChickNorris]

They are ornery birds. Not in the good way imo.

[Irving]

Damn... Those birds get around. Where were you in TX?

I was driving to Grand Saline, TX from Denver, so I'm pretty sure the Walmart parking lot I slept in was in Wichita Falls. It was 85 degrees at 1:30am when I pulled in. I don't recommend it. Sleep didn't happen.

[flogger]

Grackle trivia.

They were not native to North America but were introduced in the 1800's by a bunch of Shakespeare loving emigrants who wanted every kind of bird mentioned in one of his plays to be in the New World. The Starling was one of them. Thanks Bill!

[Bailey Guns]

I was driving to Grand Saline, TX from Denver, so I'm pretty sure the Walmart parking lot I slept in was in Wichita Falls. It was 85 degrees at 1:30am when I pulled in. I don't recommend it. Sleep didn't happen.

You coulda stayed here in a nice, cool bed if I'd known you were headed down 287. When you passed thru Vernon, TX I was only 20 miles north of you.