I think this bird is a Common Grackle.


But the female is cool with me sitting on the steps, watching her from a few feet away. She hunts up a lot of insects and she's pretty good about keeping her babies quiet. As far as mother's go, she's a damn fine one.
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I love this spot in the back yard.
I dispose of produce kitchen-scraps in this area - it's right across the creek behind the house - and the white-tailed deer
know it. This girl also knows
my routine - I usually dump scraps in the evenings and I frequently hear
her huffing and puffing up in the tree line. She comes down once I walk
back to the house; she likes first pick, before the 'coons and skunks
come out to play. I've been tossing food scraps in this spot for five
years now -with the intentions of starting a cold compost pile- but
the animals eat everything before it can decompose (I'm not complaining -
it keeps them out of the garbage). These photos were taken closer to the house. She comes right up to the apple tree by the dog kennel, even with Dottie barking hysterically - this doe knows they can't escape the kennel. She's not even perturbed about me, as long as I don't move suddenly.
Since the apples have started to fall, she's been hanging in the backyard all evening, almost every day. I don't allow hunting on my property (the exception being the hunting of two-legged primates, particularly those armed with guns during hunting season) so I hope she decides to stay once the weather turns.
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