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 ...

The Common Grackle – A medium-sized blackbird whose plumage is black, and has a sheen that is glossy and iridescent. Common Grackles range over almost all of eastern North America east of the Rockies, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Deep in the heart of the Walmart parking lot on Shreveport Bossier Highway, every day is a fight for survival as Great-tailed grackles fight over scraps. Parking lot ...

This male Common Grackle, seen in the direct sunlight of a clear day, positively glows with iridescence of every color. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON After a while, one learns what to expect with ...

Q. My wife and I watch grackles each morning when they come to the mealworms in a small flock like a motorcycle gang of thugs ...

If you've ever wondered why huge populations of black birds congregate on power lines near supermarket parking lots during ...

Birds such as crows and ravens may have a bad rap thanks to superstitions and negative portrayals in popular culture, but they offer a lot more than fodder for scary stories. In fact, they're ...

After a while, one learns what to expect with each month and each season. July is going to be hot and humid. October will be colorful and somewhat melancholy. January will be cold and sleepy. And then ...

Toward the end of May I received an e-mail from a lady in Colstrip. She castigated me for feeding grackles. She contended the grackles would eventually drive away all other birds, and I would be left ...

Workers passing at their own peril through an avian war zone outside the Harris County Administration Building this week undoubtedly came away with a new appreciation for poet Ogden Nash's take on the ...