The Common Grackle – A medium-sized blackbird whose plumage is black, and has a sheen that is glossy and iridescent. Common Grackles range over almost all of eastern North America east of the Rockies, ...

Two years ago my wife Julie and I were driving through Hartford on the way to visit our daughter in West Hartford. We had crossed the Connecticut River and were through the city when suddenly the sky ...

After a while, one learns what to expect with each month and each season. July is going to be hot and humid. October will be colorful and somewhat melancholy. January will be cold and sleepy. And then ...

Common Grackles are not so common anymore. And the situation for whip-poor-willls is even worse. A recent update of bird population status shows that this grackle species has seen a population decline ...

The grackle appeared early last spring, the day before I put the feeder away (so as not to tempt the bears who would soon be awakening from their winter dens). In the dim light of a cloudy day, this ...

Some of the more common birds we see here in Texas are the grackles. You can hardly walk through a supermarket parking lot without seeing one of these brown or black birds peering out at you from ...

The grackle appeared early last spring, the day before I put the feeder away (so as not to tempt the bears who would soon be awakening from their winter dens). In the dim light of a cloudy day, this ...

SOUTH NEWFANE Last week, I was a music critic, reviewing the musical abilities of our locally common blackbirds: red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, and common grackle. My review was not ...

Shown here is the great Heather Wolf photo of a juvenile Common Grackle scampering toward the camera in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Perhaps Heather will someday tell us how she caught this juvenile bird ...

There are many villains in the bird world and the common grackle is one of them. This large blackbird is a common bully around feeders, chasing the other birds away while he feasts on the seeds.

Birds such as crows and ravens may have a bad rap thanks to superstitions and negative portrayals in popular culture, but they offer a lot more than fodder for scary stories. In fact, they're ...