Every time we went to the Dallas zoo when I was a kid I can recall hearing grackles, and I have always loved to hear their “cry.”  An urban blackbird of eastern North America, they are actually considered a nuisance bird.  Of course, if people hadn’t eradicated our predator birds they would not be a problem.  We need a resurgence of our native owls and hawks.  Do people really think those plastic renditions residing like statues on rooftops fool them?  I snapped this pic when I was able to stop at a light.  And this was at the very end of a long line of birds huddling together where their numbers had dwindled against the beginning of colder winds.  The American ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson said:

“Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble.”

We should look to the sky for many reasons.  My father said to always listen to the animals.  Man should stop playing God and manipulating the environment … or else we will all be on the line.