Check the label information to make sure the weight activation mechanism can be fine tuned to exclude grackles and not just squirrels.
Bird nes in my siding witj gracklrs.
The nest is a well concealed cup in dense trees particularly pine or shrubs usually near water.
In 1963 an eagle s nest near st.
That nest was extreme.
The largest nest box entry hole size should be 1 1 2 inches in diameter.
A single female can lay four to seven.
Petersburg florida was declared the largest at nearly 10 feet wide 20 feet deep and over 4 400 pounds.
Grackles walk around lawns and fields on their long legs or gather in noisy groups high in trees typically evergreens.
Starlings are notorious for taking over nest boxes from other cavity nesting species.
Nest construction can take three months.
Usually several will arrive at a nest site while distracting the adult cardinals and getting them to leave the nest another grackle steals the young.
Common grackles are blackbirds that look like they ve been slightly stretched.
Sometimes starlings can still squeeze in.
Bird houses are also a suitable nesting site.
It will close when a heavy bird like a grackle lands on it.
The common grackle is a scrappy bird if there ever were one.
My favorite way of keeping them out of the feeders is by using caged bird feeders.
They eat many crops notably corn and nearly anything else as well.
Big flocks are often seen flying overhead in the evening heading for major communal roosts.
They let small birds enter but not the larger grackles.
They eat many crops notably corn and nearly anything else as well.
Most bald eagle nests are 5 to 6 feet in diameter and 2 to 4 feet tall.
The grand champion nest builder is the bald eagle.
Common grackles are blackbirds that look like they ve been slightly stretched.
Woodpeckers will peck holes in wood and stucco to attract mates find or store food or establish a territory.
This allows bluebirds to nest.
Common grackles often nest in small colonies and several males may perch in adjacent treetops to sing their creaking grating songs.
Smaller birds have been known at times to nest in abandoned woodpecker holes.
It often nests in colonies some being quite large.
Another good choice is a feeder with an adjustable weight activated perch.
They re taller and longer tailed than a typical blackbird with a longer more tapered bill and glossy iridescent bodies.
If you don t live in the country next to large open pastures you probably don t have bluebirds.
Grackles walk around lawns and fields on their long legs or gather in noisy groups high in trees typically evergreens.
Four to seven eggs are in a clutch.
If you have problems with birds on the siding of a home or business it s likely one of two common bird problems woodpeckers or swallows.
They re taller and longer tailed than a typical blackbird with a longer more tapered bill and glossy iridescent bodies.
Sometimes the common grackle nests in cavities or in man made structures.
