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 ...

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 ...

In the right light, this common grackle, often called a "black" bird is a rainbow of iridescence. BILL DANIELSON / For the Recorder Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news ...

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 ...

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 ...