I can’t explain it but every winter the grocery store and strip-mall parking lots fill up with loud black birds. They are aren’t really there during the day but in the early evening they seem to appear out of no where and they are as loud as can be. It is crazy to watch them fly around in huge packs. And the sound.. oh my… they are so loud. I am not 100% sure but I think they are knows as crackles or grackles or something like that. One of these days I’ll make a video of them. The weird thing about them is they don’t go to bed at night like most birds… they are like party animals birds who stay up all night. I snapped this picture while we were waiting in traffic to leave the grocery store parking lot.