Officials in Fort Worth, Texas tried laser lights, fog, cannon and firecrackers shot out of guns to scare the large grackle population away. The flocks are considered a public nuisance because they are loud and messy. Now the city has hired hawk Blackjack to scare off the birds that remain. Read the story Hawks recruited to fight downtown grackles in the Dallas Star-Telegram.
Grackles by AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker, Creative Commons on Flickr
