Also look for long tails and bills and yellow eyes. The common grackle is larger than a red-winged blackbird but smaller than an American crow (speaking of, have you ever seen a fish crow?).

A common grackle in flight over a field of cattails. - Wirestock/Getty It might sound strange to hear that a once-common bird is experiencing a decline, but that is what is happening with the ...

My friend John loved grackles. He believed that, to be true to the oft-trumpeted independent Texas spirit, we should change ...

the Brewer’s in some ways replaces the common grackle ecologically. Monotypic. Length 9". A summer rusty blackbird is similar, but it has a more slender pointed bill. The male Brewer’s is more ...