This is not as silly as it may sound, because the hurricane season for the eastern Pacific began May 15, and every now and then the remains of a hurricane or tropical storm get pulled into Arizona. On Labor Day 1970, the remains of tropical storm Norma set off flash floods that were blamed for 23 deaths in Arizona. So watch out for hurricanes. It seems like we never saw grackles years ago. They are related to orioles, cowbirds and meadowlarks.
Common grackles are rare in Arizona.
I suppose if we have to have grackles, we might as well have something other than common grackles. Great-tailed grackles have been moving north from west Texas and Mexico for the past several decades. According to Birds of Phoenix and Maricopa County, Arizona , published by the Maricopa Audubon Society, the first reports of grackles in the Valley came in 1953. By 1970, they were considered common in riparian areas in the county. They are now approaching Canada.