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I once observed a common grackle kill and eat a house sparrow.
David A. Brinkman
1631 Kellywood Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45238
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Middle Childhood Education, Xavier University
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On May 15, 2012, at 10:17 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Yesterday at lunch I walked down to the intake/outlet at the Avon Lake
> Powerhouse and observed a grackle go in the water from a float that is used to
> stop driftwood. My first I thought was not a good place to take a bath. Too
> deep. But it jumped back on the float with a live minnow, shook the water
> off and flew back to the powerhouse. A few minutes later it did the same
> thing but had a gizzard shad. My co worker and I observed this behavior a
> few more times before lunch was over.
> Has anyone ever observed this before?
> Lou Gardella
> Garfield Heights
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