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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What do the following birds have in common? Loon, eider, merganser, goldeneye, tern, murre "All seabirds?" you might interrupt and ask. But, wait, there's more -- moorhen, snipe "Water birds?" No, ...

The bird, believed to be a species of Grackle native to the Americas, has been photographed in Speke An exotic bird native to the Americas has been spotted in Liverpool in what is believed to be only ...