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Saturday, June 09, 2007
Introducing Grack - Avian Ambassador
Grack proudly displays a mouthful of hardboiled egg.
Grack is a juvenile Great-tailed Grackle. Grack fell from his nest into my front yard. Cats would have surely killed him, so we brought him in. He eats puppy kibble soaked in water, hardboiled eggs, cooked rice, bits of fruit and vegetables. I've been feeding him every few hours during the day.
In the last few days he has become increasingly playful at feeding time. He plays with his food: dropping it, looking at it with one eye and then the other, retrieving it and dropping it again. He struts around with it and flips it around in his beak. This evening my husband handed him a twig, which he dipped in his water bowl repeatedly.
Also, Grack is starting to fly. He loves me very much for feeding him, so he flies to me and then to the top of his cage.
I keep calling Grack a "he", but the fact is that all young grackles have the same drab appearance, grey-brown with darker wings and tail. Not until adult feathers come in will we find out if it is a male or a female. Stay tuned.
