Michael InglesCommon grackle catching the light just right. Albany County, New York, April 2026
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Khรผrt WilliamsCommon Grackle
Common Grackle perched in juniper branches
vladimirmorriganHorribly times grackle photos๐ญ I can confirm that that bird has 2 legs, dw
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Lanky, fierce-looking, glossy blackbird. A bit larger than a jay; smaller, proportionally longer-tailed and shorter-winged than a crow. Staring yellow eye and long heavy bill (compared to Red-winged Blackbird). Often in flocks with other blackbirds in winter. Forages in fields, scrubby areas, and open woods. Visits feeders.
Photographer: Jack & Holly Bartholmai
Common Grackle - eBird
Lanky, fierce-looking, glossy blackbird. A bit larger than a jay; smaller, proportionally longer-tailed and shorter-winged than a crow. Staring yellow eye and long heavy bill (compared to Red-winged Blackbird). Often in flocks with other blackbirds in winter. Forages in fields, scrubby areas, and open woods. Visits feeders.
DevlonGrackle
Species: Quiscalus quiscula
Location: Guelph, ON
Camera info/settings
- Canon 7D Mark II, Sigma 150-600
- ISO 10000 f6.3 1/2500
We donโt usually get these ones here but have been seeing several recently as well as Red-winged blackbirds. Sadly they are muscling out the smaller songbirds.
You might see a Common Grackle hunched over on the ground, wings spread, letting ants crawl over its body and feathers. This is called anting, and grackles are frequent practitioners among the many bird species that do it. The ants secrete formic acid, the chemical in their stings, and this may rid the bird of parasites. In addition to ants, grackles have been seen using walnut juice, lemons and limes, marigold blossoms, chokecherries, and mothballs in a similar fashion.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle
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Common Grackle Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Common Grackles are blackbirds that look like they've been slightly stretched. They're taller and longer tailed than a typical blackbird, with a longer, more tapered bill and glossy-iridescent bodies. Grackles walk around lawns and fields on their long legs or gather in noisy groups high in trees, typically evergreens. They eat many crops (notably corn) and nearly anything else as well, including garbage. In flight their long tails trail behind them, sometimes folded down the middle into a shallow V shape.
Environmental EccentricA Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). These birds are favorites of mine. Theyโre a beautiful iridescent color, extremely smart and rather cheeky. They mimic car alarms, sirens, some phone ringtones, and I used to know one that would wolf-whistle at people entering and exiting the Walmart near its roost. #QuiscalusQuiscula #CommonGrackle #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography