Island of the Amazon Boat Tails

My lovely spouse and I are returned from an Anniverary getaway to beautiful Charleston, SC. And as you know, I keep my eyes on the birds no matter where I find them. Consider Fort Sumter National Monument, site of the spark that ignited the Late Unpleasantness 1861-1865. Most people saw the fort. I saw the fort... and birds. And there was only one species, seemingly, on the entire island. Boat Tailed Grackles. And it also seems, only female ones. They swarmed the ferry as soon as we arrived for our visit (knowing crumbs could be had) and otherwise poked at the grassy tops of the parapet. Boat Tailed Grackles are year-round coastal dwellers of the Southwest. In this year's Great Backyard Bird Count they were seen from Texas to New York, but most notably in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Some folks think they're as much a nuisance as the Common Grackle. I would have no idea. For me, the new memory of them will be as Amazons of that island where so much misery was sustained. Enjoy those sandwich bits, dear birds. You made my day!