The piping plover may have a new predator to worry about, the common grackle, which has been photographed for the first time eating eggs in a nest of the endangered migratory bird. “This behavior adds ...

Large flocks of blackbirds have been spotted recently in Clarksville, particularly near Governor's Square Mall, in daily ...

Failing that, perhaps we could find some regal Houston designation for the grackle. Consider this excerpt from B.C. Robison’s “Birds of Houston”: “Common grackles assemble in flocks in ...

The great-tailed grackle is the most common in Houston. And our urban grackle comes across as a playful bird. Sure, their numbers can prompt Hitchcockian anxiety. But they create a wide range of ...

It was a busy year for the von Arx Wildlife Hospital in Naples. See a full list of all of the animals that were patients ...

Once again I tied the record for February with 35 species. March saw the arrival of the year’s first common grackles, but even more amazing was the fact that dandelions were already blooming in my ...

Viera’s Big Year, a year-long birding competition celebrating the avian diversity of Brevard County, has officially come to a close.

POLE APART. In Grand Junction, Colo., a shiny new police car drove into a municipal parking lot on a routine assignment, ...