Summary

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 45758
Story Slug VNR: GRACKLE BATTLE (1996)
Location DALLAS, TEXAS
Format PKG W/TAG
Date 4/26/1996
Archive Time 44:22
TRT 1:45
Supers DALLAS, TX DENNIS SMITH, DIRECTOR, NORTH TEXAS BIRDS OF PREY CENTER JOHN DAVIS, URBAN BIOLOGIST, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE KEVIN BENZ, REPORTING
Video Description GRACKLES IN TREES; BIRD MESS; SOTS; OWLS; OWL BOX; DALLAS SKYLINE; GRACKLES ON GROUND; MAN WITH OWL; VIDEO OF OWL INSIDE BOX, SHOTS OF DALLAS BUILDINGS, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, DALLAS SKYLINE, SOT, GRACKLES IN TREE, OWL LEAVING NESTING BOX
Script LEAD: THE UNWELCOME SOUND OF A FLOCK OF GRACKLES SCREECHING OVERHEAD GENERALLY MEANS MESSY CARS AND SIDEWALKS TO CITY FOLKS. CITIES HAVE TRIED TO MOVE THE FEDERALLY PROTECTED BIRDS WITH EVERYTHING FROM FLASHING LIGHTS TO HONKING HORNS. BUT AS KEVIN BENZ SHOWS US, ONE CITY IS MOVING THE COMMON BARN OWL OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND INTO DOWNTOWN, RUINING THE GRACKLES NEIGHBORHOOD.
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Keywords

URBAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT
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