Monday, January 28, 2008
Fort Worth takes new approach in getting rid of grackles
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Hmm... maybe the City of Dallas would benefit from hiring a few hawks to do their dirty work.
Grackle's are evil, much worse than pigeons, because they will pro-actively and aggressively knock fried rice out of your hands, spilling it all over the ground so they can eat it. Fort Worth knows this better than any city, but they can't seem to get rid of their grackle problem. This time Fort Worth is taking a more... Discovery Channel approach. Their tactic: hawks. Why? Because hawks eat grackles.
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Scott Doyle Verified
Their tactic: hawks. Why? Because hawks eat grackles.
Awesome! Needs more update with a vid from you Ft. Worthians, imo.
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Scott Miller Verified
Am I the only person in this state that actually likes the grackles?
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Scott Doyle Verified
Scott of the Miller variety, I honestly wouldn't know it if I saw a grackle...but I entirely support using birds of prey to eradicate annoying things whenever possible.
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Chad Jones Staff
A defiant grackle prepares for battle.
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Scott Miller Verified
Scott of the Doyles, I'm very OK with using hawks. Beats the hell out of using DDT or strychnine or guns or something.
Still, I think grackles get a bad rap around here. They were here first.
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Chad Jones Staff
Yeah, well, tell that to Farmers Branch.
(Two in one day, I know.)
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Lisa Lawrence Merritt Verified
Grackles molt and sh*t allll over the place and that's about all they're good for.
Go Hawks!!!!
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
luniz Anonymous
in dallas, hawks only eat grackles that have been "truffled". plain grackles? that's so 2006.
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David Gouldin Staff
But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by hawks?
No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the hawks.
But aren't the snakes even worse?
Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
But then we're stuck with gorillas!
No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
8 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
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