These medium-sized, lanky birds have glossy dark feathers. Their heads look blue or purple in the light, in contrast to their bronzed iridescent bodies. In some parts of the southeast, their bodies ...

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

Are your feeders dominated by grackles? Ours are too. Common grackles are large birds, 11-13 inches long, with long beaks. Their coloring is black with a beautiful iridescent sheen of blue, purple and ...

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 ...

If there were to be a contest to throw one bird species off the planet, the common grackle would likely be a nominee. The grackle has a reputation as an avian thug. "The bully of the bird world," it ...

Grackles have been prancing around my lawn this week showing off their iridescence as they search for grubs and other fodder. The grackles are large, black, conspicuous – and almost always unwelcome ...

One of the great spectacles of spring migration is the arrival of the blackbirds. The common grackle (Quiscalus quiscala) is the largest of the blackbirds that visit our area. I think, however, that ...

SOUTH NEWFANE Last week, I was a music critic, reviewing the musical abilities of our locally common blackbirds: red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, and common grackle. My review was not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boat-tailed Grackle (Adult Male)(Quiscalus major), Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, Apopka, Florida. From a distance the Boat-tailed ...