Over 7 yr, nesting success, nest mortality and reproductive behavior of female Boat-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus major) nesting in a freshwater impoundment in South Carolina were examined. Most (96% of ...

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 ...

Color evolution among grackles and their kin is not about males showing off their fine feathers. It’s more about females switching their looks, a new analysis indicates. Among 37 species of grackles, ...

Grackles either have the most annoying vocalizations or the most beautiful, depending on your perspective. Even the female grackles make noise, which isn’t always the case across the bird kingdom, ...

Are your feeders dominated by grackles? Ours are too. Common grackles are large birds, 11-13 inches long, with long beaks. Their coloring is black with a beautiful iridescent sheen of blue, purple and ...

Boat-tailed Grackles are omnivorous and opportunistic, feeding on everything from small fish, turtles, snails, mussels, crabs, insects, and frogs to various seeds and fruits. They also like fast food.

Even their name grates on the nerves. But not nearly as much as the racket these gregarious birds make when they roost in the hundreds in trees around Houston. "We have tried to get rid of them but it ...

Great-tailed grackles are one of the most successful invasive bird species in North America, having moved up from Central America to occupy a vast range of habitats and climates. They’ve done this, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Does anyone remember the days when the arrival of thousands of blackbirds ...

Earlier this summer, grackles, long a nemesis to University of Texas at Austin students and employees, raised their game, at least according to the Austin American-Statesman: Nesting grackles on the ...