On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:07:16 PM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:

> Two of the Costco's where I shop are overrun with grackles. For those of
> you who are unfamiliar with them, they are birds that are similar to crows
> but smaller. They might look black but in the light, they have pretty
> purple and green iridescent accents to their feathers.

Grackles are very common in the Midwest, where they flock together. I
think of them as the "black birds with the blue heads." They are as
unappealing as starlings.