Joseph Patrick Kennedy was a tough Boston born, Boston raised child of Irish descent. A Harvard educated financial wizard he entered the political world., but soon left it to follow his financial expertise. He also happened to father a United States President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He has been attributed with the following quote, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
That quote seems to fit Chester exactly. Who is Chester? Why that is a young grackle that lives around my home. He first appeared about a month ago as part of a duo, with little doubt a sibling being the other half. I noted him feeding with other birds from a bit of seeds left on the ground on our lawn. Soon the sibling left, but Chester yet comes several times a day to partake of whatever he can find in and around the bird feeding stations.
For the most part, if you’ve seen one grackle you’ve pretty much seen them all, but Chester stood out in the crowd because he hopped instead of walking like all the rest. Soon I noted that his left leg was crippled and did not function in the same manner as his right one did. Often he carried his tail to one side to offset his balance from the bad leg, but he thrived, handicap or not. He became Chester named after Chester Goode, the deputy for Matt Dillon.
While reading some information on grackles one day I found that due to his rather mousy brown coloration Chester is way more likely to be a female than a male, but it is too late now as to call her Chester seems to be ingrained in me now. She seems to be able to fly normally so with some luck the tough little lady will hopefully live a long and fruitful life.
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