-> Wowee- you had a grackle for a pet????
->
-> I did for a fact!  Nearly thirty years ago when I first came down
-> here
Wowee, a boat-tailed grackle- aren't they the huge ones?
-> VERY gregarious!  Loved to sit on my wife's head while she put on her
-> makeup.  Thought he'd look good powdered and painted.  Would walk
-> back and forth in front of her dressing mirror by the hour admiring
-> himself...  Used to fly down and land on the dog and pester him
Sounds very much like the personality of the mynah, from what I've
heard.  Did he love and collect shiny things?
-> the record player and TRY to sing.  All the guys who worked for me
-> loved to play with him, and one day while they were getting drunk and
-> disorderly together (He'd drink beer out of a saucer and scream and
-> curse and stagger) a strange dog wandered by and when Zopolote
-> (Spanish for Buzzard) dive bombed it, it didn't know it was supposed
-> to flee in terror, and just snatched him right out of the air.  Liked
-> to have KILLED that bunch of roughneck linemen!  They cried like
-> babies!
I wish Reg Atkins were here- he has a similar grey story, I remember.  I
guess Zopolote expected to dominate all dogs like he did yours.
Pobrecito.
-> In short, I thought he was about the neatest bird-pet anyone could
-> have and have always wanted another one. (But I just plain DON'T rob
-> nests.) I figure if God wants me to have another he'll provide.
I think it would be so incredible to have an intelligent bird companion
who could be free to interact with you outside.  At least you've had the
pleasure of knowing Zopolote; thanks for sharing him with us.
                                                       TTYL, Jan
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