Beautiful bird that can empty a birdfeeder at an amazing pace.
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Bill Hubick Photography - Wildlife Photography with a special emphasis on Maryland Birds - Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
View On Black The bird is called a Common Grackle. After having seen its iridescence displayed on this sunny afternoon, I would say "common" may be a bit misleading.
The grackles are flocking and descend on the backyard in large numbers...I can understand why a flock is referred to as a 'plague'.
A beautiful and noble bird……the common Grackle.
A Common Grackle (Male) in all his iridescent splendor. Normally I consider these birds somewhat of a pest but in this light with this bird I found something different.
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Wherever it occurs, this big blackbird is impossible to overlook -- especially the male, with his great oversized tail and incredible variety of callnotes. In the southwest, flocks of Great-tailed...
The magickal properties attached with the grackle.
My recent trip to Namibia ignited the "travel bug" in me and I'm now in Brownsville (the Texas-Mexican bordertown), shooting at South Padre Island this a.m. Saw quite a few of these grackles, which are a bit larger than Florida's boat-tailed grackles, though inhabit similar habitat. Am hoping to capture a few more species over the next few days if the weather cooperates.
Grackle
Mostly ignored by photographers, the Common Grackle is an extremely colorful bird (lighting has to be just right).
Common in northern South America and the Lesser Antilles. Found in a variety of open habitats, including around towns and cities, especially abundant along the coast. Male is glossy black with a pointed bill and a yellow eye. Tail is fairly long and wedge-shaped. Females are dark grayish-brown with slightly paler on underparts and a yellow eye. Smaller and shorter-tailed than Great-tailed Grackle.
The great-tailed grackle occurs mostly in western parts of Missouri, which is on the northeastern edge of its range. This blackbird’s long, V-shaped tail is distinctive, as is its song of whistles, clacks, chucks, and clicks.
This elegant bird is an inhabitant of the Southern States, to the maritime portions of which it is more particularly attached. Indeed, it seldom goes farther inland than forty or fifty miles, and...
Common Grackle Bird in Flight
At the Chicago Botanic Garden. More details about the bird here Nicer on black Explored 4/18/2012
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great tailed grackle
