I am fascinated about these observations that Common Grackles kill small song birds. I'll look into that. I have many Common Grackles at my bird feeder and have not seen any predation but will watch for it. I'll check the ornithological journals for this. Wow. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]