Galveston County Daily News, March 17, 2007 The University of Texas Medical Branch is trying to solve a problem with grackles. But experts say some steps to control them could damage the environment. In East Texas, They Have Ways With Grackles. In regards to "Bird-doo solution a don't, expert says" (The Daily News, March 16): When I had a beach house, we had a grackle problem and solved it by putting out rubber snakes and moving them around every few days. Grackles are scared of snakes but, unfortunately, so are visitors. You can't imagine how high some people jump or how loud they scream when they top the stairs and come face-to-face with a rubber snake. Gets the old adrenaline flowing, I can tell you.