There's a Grackle in my Garden

This is the Grackle in my Garden

I don't usually see Grackles in my garden, but today a flock of six or seven were busy checking out my bird feeder. Grackles love to travel in large flocks (that's a "crowd" in bird world). Grackles are a type of blackbird. They have long tails, glossy, iridescent bodies and spooky yellow eyes. (By the way, I love their spooky eyes.) I noticed them turning over dead leaves and other debris looking for food. Grackles are also noisy. As soon as I slowly opened the door to the garden, they scattered into the trees and started chattering, most likely telling each other to keep their distance from the human intruder.