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got to see luke the leucistic grackle at montrose point bird sanctuary!

295 upvotes, 12 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in Environmental Baddies. "got to see luke the leucistic grackle at montrose point bird sanctuary!"

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Anonymous 1w

God i love grackles

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Anonymous 1w

what a handsome guy

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Anonymous 1w

love love love montrose bird sanctuary

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Anonymous 1w

Gorgeous!! Are grackles kinda like native (to NA??) starlings? (Idk if they are native or not)

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Anonymous 1w

CHICAGOOOOO

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Anonymous 1w

Hell yeah. Looks like he caught the back end spray of his buddy mid flight.

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Anonymous 1w

I had no Idea we had one omg, the sanctuary in Chicago right?

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Anonymous

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European Starlings are invasive, non-native species. Grackles are native.

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Anonymous

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Ah okay, that’s great! Also I was implying they look and mayyybe act kinda simular (not their niche or anything)

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Anonymous

#1 1w

Grackles and starlings are not related, despite similar colors. European starlings are just one species of starling, of which there are dozens more found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Grackles are icterids, so they’re closely related to orioles, meadowlarks, oropendolas, and red-winged blackbirds.

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Oh that’s interesting! Do grackles also mimic like starlings or are their calls/songs just that way?

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Anonymous

#1 1w

They don’t mimic, no.

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