The next time you walk out of a grocery store to find your freshly waxed car spotted with white blobs of bird poop and curse the glossy obsidian-hued birds nesting on a power line above your head, I ...
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How to identify a common grackle

Do common grackles deserve their bad reputation? Learn why they're cooler than you think — and why scientists are watching ...
Like something out of a Hitchcock horror movie, they look and sound intimidating as they hunker down in seemingly infinite flocks. Perched on trees and utility lines, they cackle and wheeze and ...
Failing that, perhaps we could find some regal Houston designation for the grackle. Consider this excerpt from B.C. Robison’s “Birds of Houston”: “Common grackles assemble in flocks in open areas such ...
Last week, I wrote about the red-winged blackbird, one of the first migratory species to arrive in our area in the spring, characterizing their great flocks as the vanguard of an approaching army, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of great-tailed grackles gather at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to roost, Feb. 13, 2026. The city-dwelling ...