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However, their broad, fan-shaped tails set them apart. Their heads are flat, not rounded like boat-tailed grackles. These ...

The grackles are large, black, conspicuous – and almost always unwelcome birds. Yet the grackle is widespread, gregarious, handsome and of surpassing interest. Grackles are easy to recognize.

The decline of many common birds, including grackles, makes it all the more important to protect and cherish them, Witko said. "Birds are amazing, if we stop and look at them," Witko said.

Molothrus ater – A sneaky bird that will replace eggs from other nests with its own. These seed and insect eaters forage mostly on the ground and are widely found across the U.S. Common Grackle ...

sitting next to a cheeping baby grackle that had dropped from its nest. Someone had posted about the fallen bird to a neighborhood group and Mitchell refused to let the tiny bundle of feathers die ...

Researchers investigating the great-tailed grackle, a bird that has been establishing new populations across North America in the past few decades, reveal that behavior might play a key role in ...

If you've ever seen a grackle steal your dog pellets or a starling peck open a garbage bag, you get a sense of that some birds have learned to take advantage of new feeding opportunities -- a ...