I live in New York City (Northern Manhattan) and I planted some tomato’s in a large flower pot and put it on my fire escape. They sprouted and were growing strong but one day I caught this group of black birds with yellowish dots and a yellowish pointy beak eating my crop. They have a nest inside an electrical box under the 1st floor fire escape (I live on the 2nd floor). They look like crows but just smaller and the sparrows and pigeons don’t even mess with them. What are these birds? Is anyone familiar with them. I’ve always seen them but never thought about what they are until they robbed me of my plants. On the internet the only birds that they look like are Grackles but they don’t have a purplish head.
YESSS!!! Its the the European Starling I just a pic of one. Thanks!!!
You may go to a local avian vet to see what kind of birds ate it. I don’t if this helps but I gave my best try.
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A crow/raven? They both love tomatos.
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It sounds like a starling. Their summer colors are dark with yellow specks, and a yellow beak. They are the only blackbird I know that has a yellow beak. They tend to move is flocks, sometimes huge ones, and they have an attitude.
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