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Beggars

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Common Grackles (2010)

By: Pat Coate

From time to time we will see parents and fledglings coming to the feeder. It is always fun to watch their interactions and see the maternal/paternal instincts in action. The young ones are quite demanding and seem to unmercifully beg for food from the parent. In these two cases, the parents were accomodating.

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Immature Common Grackle

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Northern Cardinals (2008)

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Immature Northern Cardinal

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This entry was posted on 9 September 2010 by . It was filed under Nature and was tagged with , .

2 responses

  1. scienceguy288

    Ah grackles. You find them everywhere. I even found them down in Costa Rica!

    9 September 2010 at 8:04 pm

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  2. Nature Girl, April

    Love the photo of the Common Grackles! It is so “private moment”! 😀

    21 September 2010 at 5:35 pm

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