What Does a Common Grackle Look Like? At a glance, many birders might confuse a common grackle for other black birds, including European starlings, red-winged blackbirds or American crows. Look closer ...

Starlings, similar in size to blackbirds, have longer bills and square tails. "Starlings and most blackbird species overlap ...

Some of the more common birds we see here in Texas are the grackles. You can hardly walk through a supermarket parking lot without seeing one of these brown or black birds peering out at you from ...

(This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) A series photos of a bathing Boat-tailed Grackle posted by Lenny Flank last week got me thinking about the beauty of ...