Grackles get their name from graculus, the Latin word for jackdaw, a European black bird. The great-tailed grackle is distinguished from its close cousin the common grackle by its larger body, and ...

A t a glance, many birders might confuse a common grackle for other black birds, including European starlings, red-winged blackbirds or American crows. Look closer, however, at these robin-sized ...

Big foot-long, black grackles and small bluebird-size , glossy-black starlings have become abundant in urban areas across Texas. The Theater District in Houston is full of them, and so is the ...

Both in flight and on the ground, the grackle can be identified from other blackbirds by its large size and keeled tail. Only its cousin, the boat-tailed grackle of the South (which may grow to 17 ...

When a shimmering blue – black Northern grackle appeared at my birdfeeder in late May I was delighted and hoped, that like the Redwing couple, this blackbird would choose to stay.

"The Great-tailed Grackle is North America's largest grackle. Males have an all black body with bluish purple iridescence, a long, tapered tail that folds into a distinctive keel shape, yellow ...

Some rank the grackle among the more pesky birds, but the black birds are smarter than one might think. ASU students are putting the birds to tests.

The common grackle, a relatively large “black bird,” is another early spring migrant. They have already arrived in our area and many are staking out their nesting sites. Common grackles, ...

Beware the Grackle The fierce black birds have been terrorizing the UT campus. But that’s nothing new. By John Nova Lomax. August 9, 2017. Earlier this summer, grackles, long a ...

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