Ah, the grackle, my arch nemesis. As someone who is relatively afraid of birds, this one is my worst nightmare. Every time I’m sitting outside Jos, drinking my morning coffee, one of these guys appears. Squawking and fluffing his wings, he is fearless. After doing some research about grackles though, specifically the great-tailed grackle, I have a newfound respect for them. Grackles can solve Aesop fable tests, where you bring a piece of solid piece of food to the top of a cup of water to better reach it by dropping other objects into the cup. I can respect an intelligent bird – but stay away from my tacos!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5939794