» If you are interested in seeing the great-tailed grackle, follow these instructions provided by Spokane birder Ron Dexter. Watch for flocks of blackbirds and listen for what Dexter describes as the ...

Why do Texas grackles congregate in great gregarious mobs at parking lots, parks, airports during the winter?

What Does a Common Grackle Look Like? At a glance, many birders might confuse a common grackle for other black birds, including European starlings, red-winged blackbirds or American crows. Look closer ...

Winter is a slower time for birding. There isn't as much to see. So, when rare birds pay a visit, they get a royal welcome. Thankfully, birders with cabin fever had some interesting options as we ...

I know I am in the minority on this one, and this might make me sound like some kind of bird hipster, but I love grackles. And of the three species of grackle that fly Texas skies, I love the ...

Kong didn’t know it yet, but on the morning of May 15, as she sat demurely on the damp back lawn of a home in North Austin’s Wooten neighborhood, true love was on the way. Her orblike body was pocked ...

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 open areas such ...

Facts & Arguments is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. It starts around the end of March. They begin circling the backyard, ...

FORT WORTH - As dusk fell here one evening recently, an armed team spread out over the corporate campus of RadioShack Corp. and waited. Suddenly, high above the downtown skyscrapers, the electric-blue ...