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, however, at these robin-sized ...

Common grackles show more complex and brighter iridescence patterns than the Brewer’s, with a characteristic abrupt break in color from the head iridescence to that of the body. Breeding Bird ...

The birds were great-tailed grackles, a species common during all seasons in areas of the southern U.S., according to the Houston Audubon. "Great-tailed grackles are a permanent sight in Houston ...