[texbirds] Re: Great-tailed Grackle at archeological camp site digs

  • From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:51:49 -0500

I remember some such interesting finds being made at the Medina River SNA
around 15 years ago where this might have been..(charred Mesquite,
alligator, turtle bones etc.) .I don't recall GTGRs being found
specifically.  Let us know if you find out
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Brush Freeman
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120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Redacted sender Alamoinn@xxxxxxx for
DMARC <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I heard some years ago that skeletons of Great-tailed Grackles have been
> found around the outskirts of, and associated with, ancient Indian camp
> sites,  by archeologists at digs, implying that Great-tailed Grackles were
> camp
> followers and have been associating with humans for millenia. I cannot find
> anything confirming this by googling. Does anyone know of reference(s)
> confirming the association? We have a writer / birder staying with us from
> Germany who is very interested in the subject.
>
> Keith Hackland
> Alamo, Texas
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