GC284G2 Traditional Cache Common Grackle View
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 05/07/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.889 W104° 48.766 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Available at all times  Bicycles  Stealth required 
This bird is a permanent resident in much of its range. Northern birds migrate in flocks to the southeastern United States. The Common Grackle forages on the ground, in shallow water or in shrubs; it will steal food from other birds. It is omnivorous, eating insects, minnows, frogs, eggs, berries, seeds, grain and even small birds. Grackles at outdoors eating areas often wait eagerly until someone drops some food. They will rush forward and try to grab it,often snatching food out of the beak of another bird. Grackles prefer to eat from the ground at birdfeeders, making scattered seed an excellent choice of food for them. In shopping centers,grackles can be regularly seen foraging for bugs,especially after a lawn trimming. Along with some other species of grackles, the common grackle is known to practice "anting," rubbing insects on its feathers to apply liquids such as formic acid secreted by the insects.
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11 Logs: Found it 11  

Found it 02/03/2019 By Pebblesinthecity
Parked in the neighborhood and walked about 3 miles roundtrip to grab a few of these caches. I couldn't resist because the temperature was 60 degrees and breezy. Thanks for all the caches. They were all in great condition and was only not able to find one of them.

Found it 11/16/2018 By lasouthpaw
I'm changing jobs so I decided to grab a few in the area on my lunch break. I'm also closing in on 3000 and I want that milestone. It was pretty chilly today and you could see the wind clouds, snow is on the way. I wasn't sure what to think as I approached GZ. There had been evidence of foliage but everything has been cut to the ground. I walked over anyway, and was surprised to find the cache on the ground with its tether intact. So I signed the log and replaced as best I could. Thanks for the smiley! Find #2922.

Found it 09/13/2018 By Geopokemongo
Found with cejamison4 and BVBfan!..... TFTC/SL

Found it 09/13/2018 By BVBfan!
Found with cejamison4 and Geoppokemongo..... TFTC/SL

Found it 09/13/2018 By cejamison4
Found with BVBfan! and Geoppokemongo..... TFTC/SL

Found it 09/06/2018 By walkerjmist
My 100th geocache! addicted. TFTC

Found it 06/27/2018 By DustyKat
We are out doing power caching near DIA.

Found it 04/29/2018 By Redraider255
TFTC!

Found it 01/01/2018 By #1 Beefers
First one of 2018! Had checked for this one about a year ago, and was unable to find then. But now finally got it. Thank you for the placement Imusttravel2000.
Happy New Year.
Edit to include miles for new TB

Found it 11/05/2017 By FWIA
Another quick one before sundown.

Found it 11/04/2017 By Izzifix
Last day before I fly home to Switzerland. Grabbed some Caches with FWIA in the area. TFTC and best regards, Izzifix