Our resident Grackles regularly kill House Finches and occasionally House Sparrows this time of year and I presume they are feeding their nestlings/fledglings. I once saw a Grackle repeatedly attack and then carry off a fledgling Starling. I wouldn't have thought a Grackle could take off with that much weight. Lisa Rainsong Cleveland Heights -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Lewis" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 7:57 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Bay Village, Cuyahoga, Common Grackle > We have a common grackle that has killed a couple of house sparrows and > eats them...not > that I mind a few less sparrows. I've never seen this behavior here > before. Anyone else? > > www.burdzbuttz.blogspot.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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]