Yes, it's happened in my yard. Several years ago, I was sitting in my yard when I heard a bird scream. I rushed to the back of the yard to investigate, and a Grackle flew out from a shrub. I then saw movement in the shrub, and found a dazed House Sparrow with a head wound. He soon recovered and flew off. I had previously seen several dead House Sparrows with their skulls bashed in lying on my lawn, and had had no clue what had happened to them until this incident. Darlene Friedman Novi, MI In a message dated 7/2/2012 5:12:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I'm very curious if anyone has seen anything like this: This past Saturday (June 30) we watched a Grackle attack an adult House Sparrow at the feeders, kill the sparrow and eat the head. I've never seen any Grackle behavior like this in my life. Anyone seen this? Paul Graham Worthington (Franklin Co.) ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]