But on really hot days I put a shallow pan of cool water out there and they go crazy taking baths in it.

I have a huge feeder and the grackles can't clear it in a day, but they can with help from everyone else. :) I like the grackles, I just wish they would play nicer with the sparrows.

However, the sparrows learned a trick, I love it. They wait till there are several grackles on the feeder at once, and then 5 or 6 of them swarm at the feeder all at the same time, it startles the grackles, they mostly lose their grip and fly off, and the sparrows eat till the grackles regroup. ;)

Nightowl >8#