Those we have by the hundreds. In fact, the roost in the trees by the Valero Station, and the sound they make coming home at night is incredible! There must be around 200 birds in that flock alone... and there's a much larger flock over by Walmart.
They are such smart buggers, and they seem to have a very interesting flock structure, with a heirarchy of Supervisors, sentinels, and workers... it's quite fascinating to watch...
I had mine outside in the tree, when two of the workers were "slacking off" on the job. A HUGE male came in full on hackles up display and read them both the riot act, and flew off. The next thing I knew they were gathering all the food in sight! So, that was the boss...
There is another pair that works my neighbor's dog's food bowl. One bird gets the dog's attention sitting at one end of the fence. The other one hops down and takes kibble from the food bowl.
I watched one of the Walmart flock actually trigger the motion detector, fly into the store, and cruise up and down the pet food aisle until he saw the bentiful dog food bag (it had a picture of food on the label.) He then poked a hole in the back of the bag, and sat hidden on the back of the shelf, secretly eating his fill...
They are wicked smart!!!
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