Grackles Catching Fish!

I witnessed this phenomenon last year and saw it happening again this morning! When the water in Lake Huron lines up at a specific depth with the seawall, boat traffic and waves wash minnows onto the lower rocks and it is feast time for the Common Grackles! I hope you enjoy this series of pictures taken where Lake Huron meets the St. Clair River!

2 fish in one Grackle Beak! Many of the grackles were scooping up 2 or 3 minnows at a time. We even watched one fly above the water and scoop a minnow from the surface. Perhaps he wants to be an American Dipper!

A school of unwary minnows in the water.