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

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) SAMUEL: (Imitating bird call). DETROW ... SAMUEL: Yeah, it was the great-tailed grackle, a shiny black bird with a long tail and yellow eyes.

If you have a keen eye for bird watching, you may have noticed fewer and fewer grackles appearing in your yard. Populations ...

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 ...