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great-tailed grackle
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Great-tailed Grackle (male) with a fish.jpg
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola) male, trying to eat a fish.- Stanley Jones
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Great-tailed Grackle
Otherworldly shrieks, brazen demeanor, and a tail that sometimes seems to defy the laws of aerodynamics make the Great-tailed Grackle hard to miss although females such as this are more muted in their appearance. Birds in Northern California are presumably the smaller western Q. m. nelsoni.- jmorlan
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Great-tailed Grackles (males) Veterans Park.jpg
Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola) males.- Stanley Jones
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Great-tailed Grackle drinking (male) Central Park.jpg
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola) male, drinking.- Stanley Jones
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Great-tailed Grackle (male) Brazos Center.jpg
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus prosopidicola) Male. A dreary and drizzly day but this chap did not let it dampen his spirits.- Stanley Jones
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Great-tailed Grackle- Danielbirdwatcher
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- great-tailed grackle quiscalus mexicanus south carolina
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great-tailed grackle
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Who's that tromping on my bridge?!?!
I was clearly getting a scolding for something here. Possibly for tromping too hard on the boardwalk when he'd been trying to take a nap? Or perhaps for taking this shot through his "bedroom curtains"? As a surveillance and privacy researcher, I should have known better ;)- Doc Duck
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Great-tailed with tail
This one either hadn't yet lost all its tail feathers or had already regrown a few, although the off-season tail feathers are shorter than their breeding season great tails.- Doc Duck
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Great-tailed with tail
Apparently the females don't lose their tails during molt season. Or perhaps they do, but not at the same time as the males, or one feather at a time rather than all at once. Anyway, the females looked more their normal selves.- Doc Duck
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Not so great-tailed
OK, so now we're in Texas. I've been trying over and over to upload one of my shots of the Rio Grande, but no matter what I try they keep flipping upside down when I upload them :( So now I'm giving up. I'll save the river for Saturday Fun. I can also include a fun cloud shot then, and the...- Doc Duck
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Now, where's my coffee?
The Grackle is a character. A noisy, active bird, always up to something. A perfect bird to observe over a cold beer. By the way, the title is in relation to the next image. Please do not accuse me of being sexist (for the record, I pull my weight at home).- Jaysan
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Great-tailed Grackle (male)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus subsp. prosopidicola) Male, species sexually dimorphic. South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Small coastal woodland adjacent to Laguna Madre at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- cameron county great-tailed grackle quiscalus mexicanos south padre island subsp. prosopidicola texas usa
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Great-tailed Grackle (female)
She was posing nicely in the sun.- Grobertson
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Great-tailed Grackle (female)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus subsp. prosopidicola) Female. Species sexually dimorphic. Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open park setting with scattered oaks, pecan and juniper at ca. 94 m (310 ft) elevation adjacent tJuly 2016- Stanley Jones
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Great-tailed Grackle
I don't know whether the previous grackle I posted was a common or a great-tailed, but this one I'm pretty sure is a great-tailed. And Norway is now up to a 20-9 lead as of half-time :D- Doc Duck
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Great-tailed Grackle (male)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus subsp. prosopidicola) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at Austins Colony Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Openings adjacent to a riparian woodland of Carter Creek at ca. 88 m (290 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- brazos county bryan great-tailed grackle quiscalus mexicanus subsp. prosopidicola texas usa
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Great-tailed Grackle (female)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexianus subsp. prosopidicola) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at Veterans Park, College Station, Texas, USA. Open bermuda grass fields (atheletic fields) with pooling water at ca. 72 m (237 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- college station great-tailed grackle quiscalus mexicanus subsp. prosopidicola texas usa veterans park
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Great-tailed Grackle (male)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexianus subsp. prosopidicola) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at Veterans Park, College Station, Texas, USA. Open bermuda grass fields (atheletic fields) with pooling water at ca. 72 m (237 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- college station great-tailed grackle quiscalus mexicanus subsp. prosopidicola texas usa veterans park
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Juv great-tailed grackle
I need to catch up on my California shots. Then comes Oregon, Washington, Alaska, back to Oregon and California again. Then Argentina, and I'll get another day or two of birding in California on my way home. I think I'll have enough shots to post for the whole Fall. :eek!: I'll toss in an...- Doc Duck
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Angry bird
I think this young grackle just lost the debate he was holding with himself. He looks really pissed off!- Doc Duck
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On the other hand ...
More silliness - Great-tailed Grackle juv practicing his debating skills. Not a lifer, as I'd seen GT Grackles down in San Diego last year, but I never knew they came this far north and I'd never seen juveniles before. There were loads of them at Las Gallinas.- Doc Duck
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Mr Grackle
Stopped at the hotel pub to log on before heading to bed. No storyline today, but considering one. I have a 3-part story about an osprey, but it would entail posting images that include potentially recognizable images of strangers. As a privacy researcher, that troubles me. I'll have to give it...- Doc Duck
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Great-tailed Grackle
After seeing so many scruffy Grackles everywhere, it was nice to see this smart specimen!- peterday
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