Great-tailed or Boat-tailed Grackle? Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. (1 Viewer)

[Andy Adcock]

Can't really see it myself, and the females in the Audubon guide gallery don't really show a blue tint to the mantle that I can see, not like the Nolton Haven bird anyway. Images in the Cornell Lab website show a blue tint to the scapulars and coverts, but I haven't seen an image of a female where the mantle is the bluest part of the plumage.
Brett

I'd guess that the light conditions may have exaggerated the feature Brett?

 

[Brett Richards]

I'd guess that the light conditions may have exaggerated the feature Brett?

It was dull. Some of my photos certainly exaggerated the blue, but a blue tint to the mantle could be seen with naked eye or bins, even in those dull conditions.
Brett

 

[njlarsen]

The Peter Pyle guide does not mention any bluish tint on female of either species.
Niels

 

[Brett Richards]

The Peter Pyle guide does not mention any bluish tint on female of either species.

I know, that's why I've been querying it.
Brett